• PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    A simulated universe would probably have some hard caps introduced to reduce computational needs, like some minimum temperature things can reach or max velocity.

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      Or a limited number of dimensions. Our 11 dimensional overlords probably wonder if we even count as life, or perhaps we’re just entertaining automata running as a screensaver.

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        You know that thing on video games that stuff is only rendered when the player is looking at it? A simulated universe could probably save a lot of energy by implementing something like that, like particles behaving like waves until observed.

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      Also, you’d need a limit, like a minimum distance, so errors don’t creep in. People would have to be crazy to believe something like that exists.