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What if the double-slit experiment is nothing but a bug in the simulator's code ? If so: either we found an exploit or we're building an entire complex theory

• rebuilder 6y ago
  At that point, I'd argue it's not a bug, it's a feature.
• hnedeotes 6y ago
  Imagine being the one assigned to that ticket
• jamesgreenleaf 6y ago
  What if uncertainty is just a kludge added to prevent multiple particles from occupying the same place at the same instant?
• boomboomsubban 6y ago
  >If so: either we found an exploit or we're building an entire complex theory (QM) to explain a mistake The complex theory correctly predicts real world behavior, nothing changes from our perspective if it's some kind of bug.
  • throwanem 6y ago
    Something might if the bug were fixed. All our electronics would just be inert silicon, for one thing. Probably also several very important metabolic processes wouldn't work any more. This begs for a sequel to "They're Made out of Meat". You know the thing about tabs in Makefiles, how by the time he realized they were a misfeature he already had ten users and didn't feel like he could do that kind of breaking change?