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Now shred that log to particles and scatter them everywhere, and you have the "dust theory". Neither the time dimension or the log are shared with the simulatin
by throw310822 2y ago
Now shred that log to particles and scatter them everywhere, and you have the "dust theory". Neither the time dimension or the log are shared with the simulating universe, and yet they are still valid for the observers within the universe.
If the sequence of the log states is entirely deterministic based on the initial state, then you don't even need to actually write down the entire log for it to "exist". This is Greg Egan's Permutation City.
- worstspotgain 2y agoCan we reduce this to an estimate of survivorship bias? If there is only one universe, then our survival is clearly explained: we're in the only reality there is. If all possible universes exist, then we really lucked out in ending up in this one (well, depending on who wins the election I guess.) In the middle are the permutations selected through the filter of other realities, when they chose which universes to simulate. We lucked out but not as much, because uninteresting universes never made it out of the entropic soup. It would have to be a conditional estimate of course, because our sentience biases our contemplation.