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This article was nominated for merging with Simulated reality on 18 April 2023. The result of the discussion was Merge.

This can't be right—but what is?

No error correction is perfect, and at some point of complexity, error correction algorithms cause more mistakes because they have problem to manage needlessly huge chunks of data.

I'd fix that, if I knew what it was supposed to mean. Anyone? – AndyFielding (talk) 20:02, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It makes sense to me Coltcatus (talk) 20:34, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If our reality is a simulation, then the entire reality & us as humans do not exist.

Let’s imagine that reality as we know it is a simulation. Then, we questioned our reality and existence. Like for example: “Is all of this we know, all just fake?” But, one question that is not talked about: If we did escape the simulation, then are we still human or is human doesn’t exist and that means we are a complete different species altogether? Maybe in a scenario that we did indeed escape the simulation but found ourselves that humans don’t exist, and that we are just sentient objects, not humans. X0JovianPedia0x (talk) 14:40, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge

Should Digital physics be merged into this article? They seem to cover the same topic, and this article mentions digital physics already. -- Srleffler (talk) 18:00, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have a weak opposition to this idea. The simulation argument hinges on there being an actual universe in which the simulation occurs. Digital Physics is a theory of the entire universe. DolyaIskrina (talk) 18:18, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Weak opposition also, in accordance with DolyaIskrina. Alenoach (talk) 20:14, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Digital physics" isn't entirely well-defined, but I think it is separate from the "simulation hypothesis". The basic imagery of digital physics is something like the universe being a huge grid running Conway's Game of Life: the cellular automaton is all that there is. The "simulation hypothesis" asserts the existence of an outside.

I could imagine digital physics being merged somewhere, since it's a small page and not likely to grow (given the paucity of decent sources). But simulation hypothesis feels like a bad fit. They're adjacent ideas, not identical ones. XOR'easter (talk) 04:23, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is an extremely watered-down view

The simulation hypothesis depends on an external super-intelligence that creates the simulation, and may create the beings in the simulation. This is not discussed in the article. Elon Musk went into detail about this in a Joe Rogan podcast interview, where he suggested the simulation would be more dynamic than base reality for the creators of the simulation.

Little is mentioned in this article about the creators of the simulation nor their motivations. It leaves this article very lacking. Meh130 (talk) 00:30, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]