It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced civilization's supercomputer. But new research from UBC Okanagan has mathematically proven this isn't just unlikely—it's impossible.

Their findings, published in the Journal of Holography Applications in Physics, go beyond simply suggesting that we’re not living in a simulated world like The Matrix. They prove something far more profound: the universe is built on a type of understanding that exists beyond the reach of any algorithm.

  • Object299@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    This was my exact thought as well. There’s really no reason why sufficiently advanced computers couldn’t eventually simulate anything and everything. I’m going to go a bit off-topic but there’s a theory about the simulation in The Matrix operating from a different set of laws from the real world. Hence the reason why humans can actually work as human batteries very efficiently compared to other forms of energy.

    So, there’s the possibility that if we are in a simulation then the “real world” might be operating by a different set of laws and physics to what we know in here. If that’s the case then I really don’t know where the limit actually is or how we could tell from inside here.