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Mathematics disproves Matrix theory, says reality isn’t simulation (interestingengineering.com)
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And here I was waiting to get unplugged, or maybe finding a Nokia phone that received a call.

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[–] sonofearth@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The uptime is too good to be a simulation. It has an uptime of like 14 billions years! AWS has a lot of catching up to do. /s

[–] kromem@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Yes, just like Minecraft worlds are so antiquated given how they contain diamonds in deep layers that must have taken a billion years to form.

What a simulated world contains as its local timescale doesn't mean the actual non-local run time is the same.

It's quite possible to create a world that appears to be billions of years old but only booted up seconds ago.

[–] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

From our perspective, sure. But we wouldn't know if it was stopped and started running again, or if it was reverted to a previous state.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

Or, if malware was inserted in, say, 1933 or 2016.

[–] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just had déjà vu