Links for you. Science:
Mathematical proof debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation
Wave of RSV, particularly dangerous for babies, washing over U.S.; doctors urge vaccination
Historic U.S. Civil War Ship Decaying Due to Fungal Invasion
Asymptomatic Human Infections With Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Confirmed by Molecular and Serologic Testing
DNA Identifies 2 Bacterial Killers That Stalked Napoleon’s Army
Doctors muffled as Florida moves to end decades of childhood vaccination mandates
Other:
The GOP’s top think tank just defended an open Nazi
Welcome to Your Reckoning: Republicans discover—with shock!—that white supremacists were the call coming from inside the house
Donald Trump’s $300 Million Playpen
The Defiant Resistance Speech An American Should Have Given
D.C. residents speak out against MPD’s work with ICE at D.C. Council
National Guard deployment in D.C. extended through February
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
Trump Wants to Abolish the Filibuster? Please Proceed, Degenerate…
Task force recommends increasing Metro funding, starting at $460M
How the shutdown has hit D.C., by the numbers
Man jailed for quoting Trump is free after 5 weeks behind bars
Tips for parenting during the federal occupation: We asked experts how to discuss ICE, the national guard deployment, and the current political moment with kids.
Trump’s shock troops to occupy DC even longer
‘They Are Trying to Maximize the Amount of Money They Can Get Any Given Consumer to Pay’: interview with Katya Schwenk on AI surveillance pricing
The quiet collapse of America’s reproductive health safety net
Trump DOJ Charges House Candidate Kat Abughazaleh With Conspiracy for Protesting ICE
This mom’s son was asking Tesla’s Grok AI chatbot about soccer. It told him to send nude pics, she says
JD Vance slammed for saying he hopes his Hindu wife Usha will ‘join Christianity’ at Charlie Kirk event
Yes, most Americans oppose the East Wing demolition. But…
One of the Most Dangerous Interviews Ever in MAGA Media. Why Tucker Carlson platformed white supremacist Nick Fuentes.
Missouri gives ‘one of the biggest millionaire tax cuts’ this year. This year, Missouri became the first state in the country to tax income but not capital gains. That could present a challenge as the state prepares to face a budget shortfall. (Republicans are still Republicans…)
Trump’s Government Of Spite: Political Performance Art For Assholes
An abortion ban pushed me toward abortion. Is this what the pro-life movement intended?
Nancy Mace Curses, Berates Confused Cops in Airport Meltdown: Police Report
‘I Authorized Release of Materials to the Media’: IDF’s Legal Chief Resigns Over Suspected Involvement in Gaza Detainee Abuse Video Leak
Stephen Miller Isn’t a Kapo. He’s Much Worse.
Following Epstein’s Money: Federal prosecutors opened a financial-crimes investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 amid their larger sex-trafficking probe. The financier and his legal team waged a war against them, his emails show.
Why Is Susan Collins Mixed Up in the Virginia Governor’s Race?
JD Vance makes it clear at conservative event: He’s against legal immigration, too
The Biden autopen ‘investigation’ is fruit of a poisoned tree
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“Mathematical proof debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation”
“The research hinges on a fascinating property of reality itself. Modern physics has moved far beyond Newton’s tangible “stuff” bouncing around in space. Einstein’s theory of relativity replaced Newtonian mechanics. Quantum mechanics transformed our understanding again. Today’s cutting-edge theory—quantum gravity—suggests that even space and time aren’t fundamental. They emerge from something deeper: pure information.
This information exists in what physicists call a Platonic realm—a mathematical foundation more real than the physical universe we experience. It’s from this realm that space and time themselves emerge.”
Are you fucking kidding me? Is this a joke? Physicists can’t even define what a field is, all they can do is describe it by how it affects things. And there are several theories of quantum gravity, but none has been experimentally verified.
Of course, I’m only responding to the article linked to, not the paper it refers to. I’m not a mathematician or a physicist!
There’s a trivial answer to the problem of “This statement is false”, but people don’t like it because it violates the core axion of boolean logic.
Statements may be true, false or neither. A paradoxical construction of language is perfectly valid despite being neither true nor false. The same thing expressed mathematically is unphysical.
Godel’s incompleteness theorem is valid in a purely mathematical context. It may not be such a strong constraint when attempting to translate between mathematical concepts and natural language. I do not think it has the appropriate leverage to be used as a disproof of the simulation hypothesis.