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I have a hypothesis that the double slit experiment provides evidence that the universe is simulated. It always makes me wonder if photons act as waves when uno

I have a hypothesis that the double slit experiment provides evidence that the universe is simulated. It always makes me wonder if photons act as waves when unobserved because it's easier to simulate the general area a particle could end up to save computing costs. However, when observed, the simulation must make the granular calculations and show where that individual particle actually ended up. It also calls into question how much we can learn about the beginning of our universe. We are "trapped" by the physics of our universe so there may be no grand explanation of where all the energy came from. If the universe is simulated it's not like we're going to suddenly get down to the source code, there will just be a distinct point when the universe booted and all the stuff started happening.

az09mugen 3y ago
I like a lot your point of view. And maybe this is a proof of some granularity of our simulated universe. But on the other hand, I can't remove the idea from my brain that maybe there is some kind of hidden variable/dimension/other-concept-we-can't-be-aware-of at the source of this phenomenon explaining perfectly why we see it that way. Our science knew a big expansion since the beginning of 20th century thanks to some geniuses. And now I have the feeling there is no more 'science explosion' coming. Sure, there are some good intuitions, but nothing concrete or testable. Everything nowadays lies on these fancy ideas to prove them or push them to their corners. But nothing really appealing, it's just some 'monkey testing' of our universe. LK-99 : false hope, string theory: too much variable and kinda not testable, dark matter or lambda CDM : nothing going towards the confirmation. Sure, the math/physics models predict a lot of stuff, but nothing incredible. I have the feeling something big is missing to understand our universe, but we're not working in that direction. Sorry, needed to vent. Still, I like your idea.
- I_Am_Nous 3y ago
  We are only just starting to experiment with quantum systems and I have hope that there are still many things we can discover. Our understanding of light alone is kind of brain breaking in some ways. It acts like a particle and a wave, but it always has a wavelength even as a single photon. And a photon is more of a quantized description of a certain amount of light energy than an actual particle with mass, as I understand it. It all stems from a certain fluctuation in a specific quantum field, so we may be able to discover properties which allow us to manipulate these as well as other quantum fields. For me it kind of boils down to the more we understand reality, the more complex it becomes, and it always has more layers. We don't truly understand what reality even is, and can only experience certain parts of it with our senses. So have no fear, the drive to understand what is going on around us is a very human trait and we have built some of the best tools in the history of humanity in only the last 60 years. There's a lot of runway left on science :)
karmakaze 3y ago
A universe could be simulated, but could they all? I prefer to think that there are symmetry/conservation laws that work bidirectionally in time. Even if time travel were possible, the only events that could occur are those that don't break any symmetry/conservation laws. This could be seen as a weaker form of simulation hypothesis leaving out the concrete 'how' as an unknown. I remember coming up with the idea of 'time legs'. A tree can't pick up and move somewhere else, and a falling leaf doesn't choose its path. Other creatures can. We just don't have the apparatus to move freely through time--our memories only form when moving forward.
- I_Am_Nous 3y ago
  I like the concept of time legs! Time is a weird concept to nail down anyway, since it's relative, but from a single perspective there is only the perpetual "now". We can remember times that happened, but aren't "now", and we can conceive of a time in the future that is also not "now". We just need to figure out how to affect our relativity without needing to go insanely fast or being swallowed by a gravity well. Easy task...

az09mugen 3y ago

I like a lot your point of view. And maybe this is a proof of some granularity of our simulated universe. But on the other hand, I can't remove the idea from my brain that maybe there is some kind of hidden variable/dimension/other-concept-we-can't-be-aware-of at the source of this phenomenon explaining perfectly why we see it that way. Our science knew a big expansion since the beginning of 20th century thanks to some geniuses. And now I have the feeling there is no more 'science explosion' coming. Sure, there are some good intuitions, but nothing concrete or testable. Everything nowadays lies on these fancy ideas to prove them or push them to their corners. But nothing really appealing, it's just some 'monkey testing' of our universe. LK-99 : false hope, string theory: too much variable and kinda not testable, dark matter or lambda CDM : nothing going towards the confirmation. Sure, the math/physics models predict a lot of stuff, but nothing incredible. I have the feeling something big is missing to understand our universe, but we're not working in that direction. Sorry, needed to vent. Still, I like your idea.

I_Am_Nous 3y ago
We are only just starting to experiment with quantum systems and I have hope that there are still many things we can discover. Our understanding of light alone is kind of brain breaking in some ways. It acts like a particle and a wave, but it always has a wavelength even as a single photon. And a photon is more of a quantized description of a certain amount of light energy than an actual particle with mass, as I understand it. It all stems from a certain fluctuation in a specific quantum field, so we may be able to discover properties which allow us to manipulate these as well as other quantum fields. For me it kind of boils down to the more we understand reality, the more complex it becomes, and it always has more layers. We don't truly understand what reality even is, and can only experience certain parts of it with our senses. So have no fear, the drive to understand what is going on around us is a very human trait and we have built some of the best tools in the history of humanity in only the last 60 years. There's a lot of runway left on science :)

karmakaze 3y ago

A universe could be simulated, but could they all? I prefer to think that there are symmetry/conservation laws that work bidirectionally in time. Even if time travel were possible, the only events that could occur are those that don't break any symmetry/conservation laws. This could be seen as a weaker form of simulation hypothesis leaving out the concrete 'how' as an unknown. I remember coming up with the idea of 'time legs'. A tree can't pick up and move somewhere else, and a falling leaf doesn't choose its path. Other creatures can. We just don't have the apparatus to move freely through time--our memories only form when moving forward.

I_Am_Nous 3y ago
I like the concept of time legs! Time is a weird concept to nail down anyway, since it's relative, but from a single perspective there is only the perpetual "now". We can remember times that happened, but aren't "now", and we can conceive of a time in the future that is also not "now". We just need to figure out how to affect our relativity without needing to go insanely fast or being swallowed by a gravity well. Easy task...