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> The smallest computer to simulate the universe would be have the size and energy requirement of the entire universe itself. There's no reason to think those
by newsbinator 6y ago
> The smallest computer to simulate the universe would be have the size and energy requirement of the entire universe itself.
There's no reason to think those computers don't exist.
- seventhtiger 6y agoThey definitely don't exist within our universe.
- newsbinator 6y agoIf our universe were a simulation, the computers simulating it would be outside the simulation. We have no idea what constraints those machines would or wouldn't have, since we have no idea what physics they'd be operating under.
- seventhtiger 6y agoThat's true. I'm only arguing against partial simulation within our own universe (eg. The Matrix). Any simulation that has a night sky and telescopes must simulate the full big bang and evolution of galaxies just for the people on Earth.