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<blockquote data-quote="Hypno" data-source="post: 1248144" data-attributes="member: 12416">I don't know that simulation theory is cognitive dissonance or black pill give up thinking.Simulations (Monte Carlo) are used in financial and other statistical modeling.&nbsp; It's not a stretch to say a civilization only slightly more advanced could create such a simulation.&nbsp; We do it now on a slightly limited basis to make predictions or for entertainment.Also, with AI and quantum computing there is some increased attention to these paradoxes or anamolies.&nbsp; Einstein noted similar ones 100 years ago with his theory of relativity.&nbsp; These are just funkier versions of Einstein's. Up until then it seemed the universe acted in predictable ways that could be discovered, whether as a result of Intelligent design or evolutionary chance.&nbsp; But the observational anomalies in quantum physics are difficult to explain except with the simulation hypothesis.&nbsp; There is not a good alternative explanation.I won't pretend I understand these.&nbsp; I grappled with them when I first studied physics and gave up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypno, post: 1248144, member: 12416"] I don't know that simulation theory is cognitive dissonance or black pill give up thinking. Simulations (Monte Carlo) are used in financial and other statistical modeling. It's not a stretch to say a civilization only slightly more advanced could create such a simulation. We do it now on a slightly limited basis to make predictions or for entertainment. Also, with AI and quantum computing there is some increased attention to these paradoxes or anamolies. Einstein noted similar ones 100 years ago with his theory of relativity. These are just funkier versions of Einstein's. Up until then it seemed the universe acted in predictable ways that could be discovered, whether as a result of Intelligent design or evolutionary chance. But the observational anomalies in quantum physics are difficult to explain except with the simulation hypothesis. There is not a good alternative explanation. I won't pretend I understand these. I grappled with them when I first studied physics and gave up. [/QUOTE]

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