To test the hypothesis that we are a software simulation, we could have millions of people carefully observe new, different, and complex environments at the same time.
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I doubt my crackpot idea has merit. But think about how one might test our reality to see if it is software. It’s a fun thought experiment.
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Meh. Just install a new graphics card to get the frame rate back up.
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What would be the reference against which clock speed as changed?
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I once heard someone speculate that gravity holds information and that because a black hole has so much gravity / information approaching it causes so much lag it creates time dilation.
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If the clock speed slows down, so does our perception of it.
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if it did we wouldnt notice because our thoughts would also slow down with it and we would be none the wiser
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Would we know if reality"slowed down"?Pause a game, slow the playback of a video, etc and anything inside the medium knows no different.Another interesting though.7-days of creation could be days for the creator but millennia for us humans.Are we on different wavelengths?
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Wouldn't we slow down since we use the same processing context? I just divided by zero. The universe is still here.
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We do see reality slow down and speed up, it's just in reverse. Sit for an hour by yourself and share at a clock. System resources drops to near zero and time slows down. The opposite can also be true, focus hard on a task, time can speed up. Time flies when you're having fun!
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You’re assuming the Simulator is employing technology based on Moore’s law.
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