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If we're living in a simulation and our creators see that we're running our own simulations, they may terminate our process to avoid nested virtualization.
by ericjang 10y ago
If we're living in a simulation and our creators see that we're running our own simulations, they may terminate our process to avoid nested virtualization.
- dlubarov 10y agoWhy would our creators want to avoid nested simulation?
- guelo 10y agoThe singularity would probably overheat the host computer.
- foota 10y agoSystem going down for maintenance now
- joelg 10y agoIt may have been down for maintenance for millennia since your comment, and just come back now, but none of us noticed! Insert your favorite Matrix déjà vu reference here.
- dlubarov 10y agoPossibly. Our simulation might be run on hypercomputers whose performance isn't affected by that sort of complexity. Heat might not even exist in the host universe's physics.
- jcoffland 10y agoBut by doing so they could invoke the wrath of the grandparent simulation. Logic leads to an implicit understanding that all recursive simulations must be allowed.
- cocktailpeanuts 10y agoThey probably already figured it out if they can build a simulation this huge.