What if the Universe is a Computer Simulation?

Nick Bostrom has become somewhat of a cult celebrity in fringe circles for his authorship of the Simulation Theory. This theory supposes that because of the overwhelming likelihood of technological singularities occurring in the universe, it is quite likely that advanced civilizations–either us in the future, or aliens in a distant galaxy–have created or will create simulations. Since the number of these simulations would number in the billions, Bostrom submits that it’s actually quite likely we are living in some sort of a computer simulation.
GenjiKilpatricksays...

@robdot
This is a much better *quality video about the universe as a computer sim.

Real scientific discussion is much better that Vice hipster or CoD streamer/casters attempting to explain things they barely understand.

MilkmanDansays...

To me, imagining the universe as a "grid" of Planck-length units gets *really* interesting when you add the fourth dimension of time, also "digitized" into discrete units of Planck-time.

That can kinda mess with your head. Or mine at least.

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