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Perhaps the "real" civilization could run the simulation slower than real-time. For instance, while a whole hour elapses in the real world, only a half hour mi
by Cieplak 15y ago
Perhaps the "real" civilization could run the simulation slower than real-time. For instance, while a whole hour elapses in the real world, only a half hour might elapse in the simulation. To the person observing the simulation, everyone inside the simulation appears to be going slowly, while time flows normally for the people inside the simulation.
I think that this would reduce the computational intensity by a factor of 2.
- rquantz 15y agoThis brings up an interesting question (or possibly interesting): how would one observe the simulation? Would we not be able to detect evidence of the observation?
- FreeFull 15y agoWhat evidence would that be?
- rquantz 15y agoMy almost entirely uninformed idea was that observation of the universe by something that is external to the universe might somehow interfere with the conservation of energy or in some other way produce phenomena that contradict the laws of physics.