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What if mathematics is only valid within the simulation? If seems natural to us that a simulation must be grounded in mathematics, and that maths must therefor
by andyjohnson0 5y ago
What if mathematics is only valid within the simulation?
If seems natural to us that a simulation must be grounded in mathematics, and that maths must therefore be a thing within the reality/universe that is running the simulation, but I don't think this is a given. The infrastructure might utilise something else that we can't conceive of.
- tsegratis 5y agoMathematics can describe concepts abstractly, like a type checker checking a program, even if we can't decide whether the program halts or not In that sense, we might be able to use mathematics to describe systems that are beyond the reality of the universe For 'us' to be meaningful to 'them', hopefully we can conclude that in some sense, 'they' are meaningful to 'us', tho agreed, as you said, it is no given I like the aleph sequence, because it shows that allowing paradoxes and impossibilities doesn't mean all bets are off -- that the universe can make perfect sense, even containing paradoxes that are beyond our conception