[NetBehaviour] The Universe is a VR Simulation.

[marc garrett]

The Universe is a VR Simulation.

The VR hypothesis


The idea that the universe is a giant virtual reality simulation is a 
well explored theme in science fiction. Films such as The Matrix have 
used this premise to great effect.

Now a New Zealand scientist is saying that physicists should seriously 
explore the idea. Brian Whitworth at Massey University says that it is 
perfectly reasonable to conjecture that "the world is an information 
simulation running on a three-dimensional space-time screen". Deciding 
whether or not this is true is a matter for science to resolve.

Assuming Whitworth is serious, what should we make of this idea? He 
readily admits that this is a weird idea but points out that it is no 
more strange than many widely held views in physics such as the many 
worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, the big bang and Boltzmann 
brains.

So how would we be able to tell if our universe was a simulation? 
Whitworth says that if reality was to do something that information 
processing cannot, then it cannot be virtual. But he falls short of 
suggesting what this might be.

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