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If the universe is a simulation, what's to stop the simulation from recognizing that it's being tested and dedicating more resources to making the test result i
by benjohnson 14y ago
If the universe is a simulation, what's to stop the simulation from recognizing that it's being tested and dedicating more resources to making the test result indicate that there is no simulation going on.
- EthanHeilman 14y agoThat sounds a lot like a measurement having an effect. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_function_collapse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_function_collapse
- dhughes 14y agoIsaac Asimov's 'The Last Question' answers that.
- mayanksinghal 14y agoI feel stupid that I absolutely love this story but have no idea what you are you referring to.
- dhughes 14y agoMaybe we are a computer simulation but maybe we are the computer!
- ComputerGuru 14y agoThe Last Question is one of my most favorite short stories, and unless I'm completely missing something, has nothing to do with simulation.
- shmerl 14y agoStanislaw Lem actually has a story precisely on this subject.