> "It actually explains a few of the trickier things about quantum physics, like why particles have an indeterminate position until they're observed."
And then it goes on in the next paragraph, of all things, to assert that most of the people are "computer controlled".
The whole thing has the general attitude of ... ooh, we're living in a SIMULATION, let's make some random assumptions that sound audacious. We don't have to care if they hold up for more than a microsecond under scrutiny, because it's a simulation!
And while that's an exaggeration, the word simulation does provide an easy excuse, a semantic stop sign as it were, to avoid thinking about the implications of your idea beyond "hmm, that would be cool."
Fortunately, that's not how it works. Also, as to the whole "simulating only what's needed" is in the category of easier said than done. QM might be locally computable at each step, but you can't factor out a part of the universe without affecting its state. And don't even get me started on the problems you'll have if you try to cut out things all the way up at the human level.
> "It actually explains a few of the trickier things about quantum physics, like why particles have an indeterminate position until they're observed."
And then it goes on in the next paragraph, of all things, to assert that most of the people are "computer controlled".
The whole thing has the general attitude of ... ooh, we're living in a SIMULATION, let's make some random assumptions that sound audacious. We don't have to care if they hold up for more than a microsecond under scrutiny, because it's a simulation!
And while that's an exaggeration, the word simulation does provide an easy excuse, a semantic stop sign as it were, to avoid thinking about the implications of your idea beyond "hmm, that would be cool."
Fortunately, that's not how it works. Also, as to the whole "simulating only what's needed" is in the category of easier said than done. QM might be locally computable at each step, but you can't factor out a part of the universe without affecting its state. And don't even get me started on the problems you'll have if you try to cut out things all the way up at the human level.