JonEFive@midwest.socialtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•The theory that we live in a simulation involves simulants running their own simulations; wouldn't that require impossibly more resources for the main sim?
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2 months agoYes, but not even close to as much as the alternative.
The fun thing about this is that we have evidence that this is how our reality works. The double slit experiment showed that particles change their behavior when observed. (Gross oversimplification and only under very specific circumstances but still extremely fascinating.)