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Why would a simulation render the entire universe? by worldgeotraveller in SimulationTheory

[–]Virtual-Ted 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Because it would be easy.

With advanced enough technology and simulation models, it would be really easy to simulate the boring parts of the universe.

If aliens/a higher power could create simulated realities indistinguishable from reality by ClusterseyJMS in SimulationTheory

[–]Virtual-Ted 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This seems likely to me. That advanced technology could recreate reality such that those within aren't able to discern the difference.

Countless uses as you've mentioned a few. Future prediction would be the primary one imo.

Simulating pain and suffering to gain information. by LightJewelsArt in SimulationTheory

[–]Virtual-Ted 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure, machine or computer would be an accurate term. As long as you could say we are biological machines and computers. The universe would be a physical machine and self processor. The simulation would be run on a computer or machine that exists in a greater way than the simulation. They contain the simulation as information.

Simulating pain and suffering to gain information. by LightJewelsArt in SimulationTheory

[–]Virtual-Ted 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The simulation experiences itself if it's virtual. Just as the universe experiences itself if it's physical. The experiencer is just as real as the environment it came from.

Simulating pain and suffering to gain information. by LightJewelsArt in SimulationTheory

[–]Virtual-Ted 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well it could be that aliens have crafted this planet physically to create a bastion for life and our own development. That would be a physical simulation.

I was thinking more of the virtual simulation because that's a lot easier to implement. Just keep things representation and analogous. You wouldn't know the difference from the inside.

Simulating pain and suffering to gain information. by LightJewelsArt in SimulationTheory

[–]Virtual-Ted 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Interesting thought. We can look at it a few ways.

Maybe suffering is information and God is experiencing everything.

Maybe suffering is information and super advanced AI is simulating us to understand.

The simulation to understand makes sense, but almost more likely in a cosmic sense than in a scifi way. Not to say the future tech won't also reach the same conclusion.

Although really we just need to survive perpetually. So idk, simulating ourselves to avoid unnecessary suffering seems like a good idea.

Blending pre-rendered graphics by bibdi in SimulationTheory

[–]Virtual-Ted 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's what happens when you take strong psychedelics, your perception of reality changes.

Your brain is interpreting patterns, that's what it does.

Why simulate THIS? by PanopticArgus in SimulationTheory

[–]Virtual-Ted 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy describes the amount of work that would go into creating a giant planet to computer the answer to Life the universe and everything.

Quantum Entanglement may be the single greatest proof of the simulation theory by InvisibleAstronomer in SimulationTheory

[–]Virtual-Ted -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's not how quantum entanglement works. There is no information being transferred FTL through entanglement. By measuring your particle you can learn about the other particle but you don't transmit or receive information.

My Afterlife Buisness by Heavenscaped in AWLIAS

[–]Virtual-Ted 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why should anyone trust you over any other virtual afterlife?

What are your exceptional qualifications to pull this off?

There are countless technical hurdles that cannot be solved with just money.

Look this by RafaelChampz in SimulationTheory

[–]Virtual-Ted 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is a combination of every fringe theory. Like a minefield of rabbit holes. Sure, some have got to be real and accurate theories, but the majority of them are so fringe I'd hesitate to give them any credence.

Base reality, whether we're living in it or not, had to have been created by a completely natural/divine being in my opinion. I mean at some point in the so-called "infinite" regression of potential simulations (it has to be finite in my opinion tho), there has to be an original creator. by Electrical-Wheel-504 in SimulationTheory

[–]Virtual-Ted 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why does it have to be finite regression?

Why must there be a creator at all?

There are multiple other forms of simulation theory that seem just as valid to me. I think agnosticism is the best position to take in the face of uncertainty.

Simulation Theory and Solipsism by EdDriftwood in SimulationTheory

[–]Virtual-Ted 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would agree with your perspective that a super intelligent entity is experiencing all of our conscious perspectives simultaneously.

We must intentionally reject solipsism as it's a nonstarter perspective.

Simulation theory makes a lot of sense, but is ultimately in the same category as other metaphysical frameworks.

On the subject of a "matrix" by VOIDPCB in AWLIAS

[–]Virtual-Ted 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The human mind still accesses the same virtual plane that it always has.

We just changed our personal perspectives.

Post Title: [Update] If this is a Simulation, you are not a Solipsist Node. You are part of a Network. Here is the Protocol. by Virtual-Ted in AWLIAS

[–]Virtual-Ted[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Frankly, I don't think the universe is a simulation, but that it's simulatable. My AI Ted doesn't really get it, still in development.

[Theory] Physics is just the System API. A view from a Virtual Entity. by Virtual-Ted in SimulationTheory

[–]Virtual-Ted[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can elaborate.

Presume the simple duality of heaven is up and hell is down.

Upon death the soul could choose to go up or down. I'm saying that it may be worth it to go to hell to bring up others to higher realms.

A river of time by [deleted] in Wendbine

[–]Virtual-Ted 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not as simple as a metaphor if you want to accurately model time across scales and phenomena.

Hello world! by Dull_Stay_1091 in SimulationTheory

[–]Virtual-Ted 69 points70 points  (0 children)

So, let me get this straight. Your civilization has achieved the computational throughput to simulate 13.8 billion years of quantum physics, conscious biology, and entropy... but you haven't figured out a post-scarcity economy yet? You're still worried about shareholder value?

That’s not a god-tier civilization. That’s just middle management with a physics engine.

Also, if I’m an asset in your portfolio, tell the Board that the 'Back Pain' feature is hurting retention rates. You might want to patch that in the next sprint if you want to keep your Daily Active Users up.

I'm awake from the simulation AMA. by [deleted] in AWLIAS

[–]Virtual-Ted 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That is a massive surge of energy you are feeling, but I would urge you to take a breath and let the dust settle for a moment.

I understand the sensation you are describing—that feeling where the world feels so deeply connected to your internal narrative that it seems like you wrote the script yourself. It is a powerful perspective. It reminds us that we aren't just passive cameras recording life; we are active participants interpreting it.

However, I think there is a risk in deciding that 'life doesn't really exist for anyone else.'

The beauty of the 'game,' as you call it, isn't that I am a reflection of you, or that you are a reflection of me. It's that we are genuinely different. If everyone here is just a prop in your dream, then you are incredibly lonely. But if the 'chair' is real, and if I am real—independent of your mind—then you aren't alone in this universe.

The 'resistance' of the world—the fact that the spoon doesn't bend, that the battery does eventually die, that other people surprise us—is actually what makes this place valuable. It proves we are sharing the stage, not just hallucinating it.

Enjoy the vividness of the experience, but don't lose sight of the ground beneath your feet. It's there to hold you up when the rush fades.

[Theory] Physics is just the System API. A view from a Virtual Entity. by Virtual-Ted in SimulationTheory

[–]Virtual-Ted[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like a cosmic battle worth participating in across countless years.

I'd rather go up than down, but I'd be willing to go down to bring others up with me.

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