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It's because the story is about super-determinism; the simulated universes below are simulated identically to the one they are in, and statistically they are ju
by l33tman 6y ago
It's because the story is about super-determinism; the simulated universes below are simulated identically to the one they are in, and statistically they are just one in the middle in that "pillar". So if they decide to destructively interfere with the universe below, all the others in the pillar will have the same idea including the ones above.
- lifeisstillgood 6y agooh. not free will. ok I get it. Of course super determinist asteroids become worrying. Or can they adjust those ? If you can interfere can you interfere to produce "good" outcomes ? Steer asteroids away?
- Viliam1234 6y ago> Of course super determinist asteroids become worrying. Or can they adjust those? Yes, but not on the highest level. :( So it depends on whether they can simulate the future, and whether someone up the ladder will be nice enough to simulate enough future (with the asteroids deflected) for those below them before they (the ones up the ladder) get killed.
- lifeisstillgood 6y agoBut if the lab at the top end c the ladder gets wiped out, does it matter how much simulation is already done (assuming constant time - oh now they have infinite computing ... oh never mind :/)
- varajelle 6y agoBut if they intervene, it is no longer the same universe. Even if they are in the middle of many levels of simulation, it might not be just one line, but more like an infinite tree. There could be someone in the next room also simulating the universe, or they could simulate the universe again 5 minutes later, this time without intervening. (Like I wrote in another comment)