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> What if the universe is actually an enormous java program with a 10,000 line Utils.java file? An enormously complex set of rules is more likely to produce bi
by burntoutfire 6y ago
> What if the universe is actually an enormous java program with a 10,000 line Utils.java file?
An enormously complex set of rules is more likely to produce bizarre edge cases/inconsistencies/glitches. So far, we arguably we haven't observed any.
- exdsq 6y agoI'm more likely to believe the Universe is made of simple rules rather than any form of intelligence successfully writing a correct 10kloc Java file.
- neonological 6y agoNah you're attributing human error in the construction of these rules as a factor. When humans construct rules at this level of complexity those bugs do appear. However.... These rules we are addressing here weren't constructed by a human. We don't even know if they were constructed at all. It could be a perfect set of rules despite the complexity. I'm more on the side of simplicity just because it seems that way, but technically and logically speaking... there is no evidence at all against what the OP said.
- ur-whale 6y ago> So far, we arguably we haven't observed any. From the POV of 19th centure physics, the double-slit experiment was quite the glitch. And one could argue that the consequence of that glitch did not exactly simplify physics.
- acegopher 6y agoThe delayed-choice quantum eraser and the Triple Phasor Paradox might be the "glitches" of today's physics.