It is fun to think about the Simulation Theory but most discussions revolve around it being likely that we are in one.

What are some concrete reasons why it’s all science fiction and not reality?

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    9 months ago

    The only way we’re realistically in a simulation is if it’s running on a (mathematically) real computer.

    The fact that our universe emulates one that’s continuous at macro scales and only quantized at micro scales and in very odd ways that seem to be memory efficient (though at incomprehensible memory scales) might support the idea that the original doesn’t have quantization to limit its computational abilities.

    So infinitely precise representations might not be a problem if the underlying hardware deals with real numbers.