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Physicists prove the Universe isn't a simulation after all

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251110021052.htm
8•webnrrd2k•1h ago

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_tk_•1h ago
That’s exactly what would happen in a simulation.
andsoitis•1h ago
What do you mean?
beardyw•7m ago
But the folks running the simulation don't realise they are in a simulation.
yawpitch•58m ago
Ok, but the simulation could easily have been written to include an adjunct professor at UBC’s much-less-well-known Okanagan campus who isn’t actually that great at Gödeling.
p1esk•49m ago
"We have demonstrated that it is impossible to describe all aspects of physical reality using a computational theory of quantum gravity," says Dr. Faizal. "Therefore, no physically complete and consistent theory of everything can be derived from computation alone. Rather, it requires a non-algorithmic understanding, which is more fundamental than the computational laws of quantum gravity and therefore more fundamental than spacetime itself."

Seems like quantum gravity theory might be missing something, no?

jqpabc123•45m ago
"But since the fundamental level of reality is based on non-algorithmic understanding, the universe cannot be, and could never be, a simulation."

The same may apply to "intelligence" --- aka AGI.

As far as I know, there is no proof that AGI can be produced or simulated by a binary logic algorithm running on a finite computer.

Hence, some people support the idea of "emergence" --- aka alchemy, aka PFM --- Pure Friggin Magic.

daymanstep•24m ago
You can achieve human level intelligence if you can simulate a human brain with sufficient fidelity

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Physicists prove the Universe isn't a simulation after all

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251110021052.htm
8•webnrrd2k•1h ago•7 comments