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I've always thought that quantum theory provided some decent evidence for this. Instead of always computing every value for every result, the universe does so o
by nate_martin 14y ago
I've always thought that quantum theory provided some decent evidence for this. Instead of always computing every value for every result, the universe does so only when things are "observed", saving on computation.
- aswanson 14y agoWhy would "saving" be valued, metaphysically?
- Houshalter 14y agoSo the simulation would take far less computational resources.
- aswanson 14y agoWhy do you assume computational resources are a cost/constraint in the 'real' universe?
- Houshalter 14y agoThey may not be. In which case there is no way to know. But if they are that is something we can test for (possibly.)
- marcosdumay 14y agoQuantum mechanics certaninly leads to a very informatic view of the Universe... The problem is that this is human bias. You can describe any theory by information manipulation, and it is as good a description as any other.
- Xcelerate 14y agoNo, it doesn't really work that way. A wavefunction is based upon a configuration space and you can't just neglect part of it or you'll get inaccurate results.