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Someone outside the universe hit "build" on their "universe sandbox generator". The sandbox is still loading from our perspective, although from their perspecti
by jquery 4y ago
Someone outside the universe hit "build" on their "universe sandbox generator". The sandbox is still loading from our perspective, although from their perspective perhaps it loads instantaneously.
I mean, obviously this is nonsense, but... I can't exactly disprove it.
- hdjjhhvvhga 4y agoIt looks each epoch speaks about the universe in its own terms: as gods' creation, as a machine, as a computer, AI... So while there is no way to disprove the sandbox theory you presented, we can be 100% sure that at some point in time people will see it in a different way, and then it will change again and again. Sometimes I feel sad that there are so many mysteries of the universe and so few of them will be discovered during my lifetime.
- polishdude20 4y agoI think one reason we want to discover more about the universe is because it gives us a sense of awe and a sense of powers greater than us. One useful trick if you're missing that is to take some mushrooms while you watch some space documentaries. Sure you don't really discover anything groundbreaking but it does open up the mind and you will definitely experience awe.
- withinboredom 4y agoThere's a book I read that specified that the universe could be "stateless" to an outside observer, yet the simple act of computing it allows us to exist.
- jquery 4y agoI think that’s a modern way (or maybe techie?) way to think of the old adage that time is an illusion.