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Physicists Devise Test For Whether the Universe Is a Simulation

Posted by Soulskill on from the computer-end-program dept.

olsmeister writes "Ever wonder if the universe is really a simulation? Well, physicists do too. Recently, a group of physicists have devised a way that could conceivably figure out one way or the other whether that is the case. There is a paper describing their work on arXiv. Some other physicists propose that the universe is actually a giant hologram with all the action actually occurring on a two-dimensional boundary region."

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  1. I hate those types of physicists by hack++slash · · Score: 5, Funny

    They never pass the joint around :(

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  2. In other news by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Recently, a group of physicists have devised a way that could conceivably figure out one way or the other whether that is the case.

    In other news, the group of higher-dimensional physicists who are running this universe a simulation figured out a way to falsify the results of the test.

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  3. That explains why... by ixtapolapoquetl · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I ran into a wall yesterday, I thought I briefly saw a black wall with yellow lines...

  4. Re:What if they are right? by malacandrian · · Score: 5, Funny

    Declare them too expensive to replace, and build entire corporations that rely on them?

  5. Re:What if they are right? by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Declare them too expensive to replace, and build entire corporations that rely on them?

    Oh My God. The Universe is written in COBOL.

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  6. Re:What if they are right? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its actually Practical Existence with Recursion Language.
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