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Physicists would love for some observation to end up breaking physics as we know it. They know that 99,999/100,000 times something strange is observed, it turn
by newsbinator 8y ago
Physicists would love for some observation to end up breaking physics as we know it.
They know that 99,999/100,000 times something strange is observed, it turns out to be no big deal.
The day something breaks the Standard Model, physicists will cheer and begin a beautiful renaissance... and another... and another.
But can intelligent creatures in a simulation ever understand the scope and rules on which their simulation is based? Or can they only get closer and closer to the substrate, with a hard limit on ever modeling the details?
- lokedhs 8y agoThe answer is no. Gödel's incompleteness theorem is interesting here as it states that within a given axiomatic system, there are facts that are true but not provable within that same axiomatic system. Another way to think about it is that if we are part of a set of fundamental rules that make up a simulation, it's impossible for us to prove everything about that system.
- newsbinator 8y agoIs there a loophole? If the creatures within a simulation can make contact with the creatures (or physics) outside it, then perhaps they can look in from the outside, to get all the information necessary for any proof?