Re:Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? Let’s Not Find Out
by philipov on Sunday August 11, 2019 @02:11AM
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Well, one of the three major interpretations of quantum mechanics is Superdeterminism, where there are hidden variables that make everything just appear to be quantum mechanical, and that's wacky enough to fit together with the idea the universe is a simulation.
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Re:Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? Let’s Not Find Out
by dogma1138 on Sunday August 11, 2019 @06:42AM
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Haven’t hidden variables pretty much been dismissed by loophole free bell experiments?
Re:Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? Let’s Not Find Out
by chr1 on Sunday August 11, 2019 @08:56AM
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Only the theories that are local in euclidean space. If we allow the entangled particles to transmit information between each other, or use non-locality (the way quantum mechanics does by allowing wave function collapse at once in the whole space) then bell experiments do not pose additional restrictions.
Re:Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? Let’s Not Find Out
by AndreiB on Monday August 12, 2019 @07:29AM
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Superdeterminism has nothing to do with the "universe is a simulation" hypothesis. Superdeterminism claims that contrary to Bell's assumption, the settings of the detectors and the hidden variable are not independent.
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Re:Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? Let’s Not Find Out
by philipov on Monday August 12, 2019 @09:32AM
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I didn't say they were connected theoretically. I said they are aesthetically compatible. A simulation is something we can imagine as having its initial conditions set to produce a desired behavior, namely quantum mechanics.