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Physicists say simulation hypothesis is impossible in principle — LessWrong

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Physicists say simulation hypothesis is impossible in principle

by polymathwannabe

2nd Oct 2017

1 min read

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This is a linkpost for https://cosmosmagazine.com/physics/physicists-find-we-re-not-living-in-a-computer-simulation

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https://cosmosmagazine.com/physics/physicists-find-we-re-not-living-in-a-computer-simulation

If these results are right, our universe being a simulation would require an impossibly big computer. They conclude the simulation hypothesis is impossible in principle.