Astronomers have long struggled to explain why the Universe began with the right conditions for life to evolve. Why do the laws and constants of nature depend on the things that cause stars, planets, and life to develop?
The most powerful force in the universe, dark energy, for example, is much weaker than theory would have it – allowing things to stick together instead of being torn apart.
The most common answer is that we live in different universes, so we shouldn’t be surprised that the same sky is ours. But another thing is that our Universe is a computer simulation, with someone (perhaps an advanced alien species) doing the work.
This last method is supported by the branch of science called information physics, which shows that space-time and matter are not real events. Instead, reality is made up of information, which is how we know spacetime.
In comparison, heat “emanates” from groups of atoms. Not a single atom has heat.
This leads to the amazing possibility that our entire Universe could be a computer simulation.
The concept is not new. In 1989, the physicist John Archibald Wheeler said that the Universe is mathematical and can be seen as coming from knowledge. He coined the famous aphorism “it from bit”.
In 2003, philosopher Nick Bostrom from the University of Oxford in the UK developed his theory of comparison. This argues that it is very likely that we are living in a simulation.
It is because advanced civilizations must reach the point where their technology is so advanced that simulations cannot be distinguished from reality, and the participants will not know that they are just simulations.
Astronomer Seth Lloyd of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US took the idea of simulation to another level by saying that the universe could be a giant quantum computer.
Corroborating evidence
There is some evidence that our physical reality may be an imaginary reality rather than a static world that exists without an observer.
Any well-known country will be based on a lot of planning. This means that everything is digitized or pixelated down to a small size that cannot be further divided: bits.
This seems to mimic our reality according to the theory of quantum mechanics, which governs the world of atoms and particles. They say there is a a very small region power, length and time.
Similarly, the particles that make up all visible objects in the Universe are the smallest particles of matter. Simply put, our world is pixelated.
The laws of physics that govern everything in the Universe are similar to the computer code that a simulation can follow when running a program. In addition, mathematical formulas, numbers, and geometric shapes are everywhere – the world seems to be completely mathematical.
Another interest in physics supporting the simulation is the fastest speed in our Universe, which is the speed of light. In real life, this limit may be similar to the speed of the processor, or the limit of processing power.
We know that an overloaded processor slows down computer processing by comparison. Similarly, Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity suggests that time slows down near a black hole.
Perhaps the most compelling evidence for a simulation model comes from quantum mechanics. This shows that nature is not “real”: small things, like places, don’t seem to exist unless you see them or measure them. In fact, they are in the mix of different countries at the same time. Similarly, virtual reality requires a viewer or programmer to make things happen.
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This can also be explained by the fact that within real code, all “points” (points) must be far away from the central processor. So, even though we can imagine that particles are millions of light-years apart, it cannot be that they were created in parallel.
Possible experiments
Assuming that the Universe is a simulation, what experiments can we use from within the simulation to prove this?
It is reasonable to think that a similar Universe would have more information everywhere around us. This information represents the code itself. Therefore, identifying these information will determine the estimation.
A similar principle of mass-energy-information (M/E/I) – which means that mass can be described as either energy or information, or vice versa – states that information must have a minimum mass. This gives us something to explore.
I have written that consciousness is the fifth element in the Universe. I have also calculated the expected value of the base unit. These studies led to the publication, in 2022, of an experimental protocol to test these predictions.
The experiment involves extracting information from the particles by reacting them with antiparticles (antiparticles). small small small small small small small small small small small small small small small small small small small small small small small These are the small ones. ‘ono tatinto tinto tinto tinto.”
I have predicted the expected frequency of the tracked Photons based on scientific knowledge. This experiment is very much possible with our existing tools, and we have set up a crowdfunding site to make it happen.
There are other ways too. Computer scientist John Barrow has pointed out that simulations can make small errors that a programmer may need to correct in order to continue.
He told us that we can experience reform as contradictory efforts that appear suddenly, like natural changes. So managing these regular traffic is another option.
The nature of our reality is one of the greatest mysteries out there. The more we think about hypotheses, the more likely we are to one day prove or disprove them.
Melvin M. Vopson, Senior Lecturer in Physics, University of Portsmouth.
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