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The most convincing case I've ever heard
for why real life may actually just be a
simulation was not from the Matrix, but
from Futurama. Let me explain. In the
latest episode of Futurama, the
professor creates a simulation of their
entire universe. And eventually, he's
able to make it so close to their own
reality that naturally, the crew begins
to care for their simulated counterparts
and question whether or not they're in a
simulation, too. The professor quickly
shuts down this idea, stating that it's
preposterous. But in response, the crew
brings up three increasingly compelling
points that I've never heard before
regarding simulation theory. Point
number one, the professor asks, "How
could anyone care for any kind of
artificial intelligence knowing at its
core it's nothing more than a bunch of
zeros and ones?" And to counter that,
Leela brings up that we're nothing more
than a bunch of atoms. And yet together,
we are more like zeros and ones, atoms
don't have consciousness. They can't
think on their own. But yet, the things
that make us conscious human beings are
quite literally only made up of atoms.
So, are atoms really that different than
zeros and ones? And if that's the excuse
for being unfeilling towards AI, should
we also be unfeilling toward each other?
Point two, the professor states it would
be computationally impossible to run a
simulation at our universe's scale
because it would not be possible to keep
track of where everything is, admitting
his simulation can't even do this
because it requires too much computing
power. However, Amy protests that
limitation also exists in real life with
quantum mechanics, which is actually
true. The more we know about how a
particle is moving, the less we know
about where it actually is and vice
versa. It's called the Heisenberg
uncertainty principle, which using the
professor's terms is like a limitation
on our universe's computing power. And
the last point, which in my opinion is
the most compelling, the professor
states that every movement of every atom
gravitationally affects all other atoms
in the universe, which again is true,
but no software could possibly compute
that. So to work around that, he had to
make the information of those little
effects travel outward at a fixed speed
instead of all those reactions happening
at once. However, Amy points out again
that we have that limitation in our
universe as well. Information of any
kind you can think of, even gravity, is
confined by the speed of light. So, for
example, if the sun were to disappear
right now, there would be absolutely no
way for us to tell for over 8 minutes.
This means even our real universe cannot
compute things instantaneously. There's
some sort of limit to things affecting
one another that we don't quite
understand. But what do you think? Let
me know below in the comments. And
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