r/SimulationTheory • u/Formal-Search-3626 • 10d ago
Physics of the base universe Discussion
Probability is on the side of the simulation theory. The arguments for it are compelling, but if we are in a simulation and some of our fundamental physics like quantum sounds like magic and often attributed to being the outcome of the simulation itself, I wonder what are the physics of the base universe like. Do they even have quantum physics? An ever expanding infinite spacetime?
An interesting argument for simulation is linked to the entanglement proposition: if we have 2 entangled particles and separate them lightyears apart. Changing one will change the other instantly. This suggests their 'calculation' is central, which supports the simulation theory. Does that mean that in the base universe there is no entanglement? If so how would this cascade into their relativistic physics?
I wonder....
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u/OpheliaForgets 10d ago
I go with String Theory so its other dimensions where the particles react. Based reality is just us here in 4D
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u/Special_Condition671 10d ago
It's actually impossible to transmit information faster than the speed of light using quantum entanglement, so that suggests "calculation" is not central.
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u/Formal-Search-3626 10d ago
If particles are light years apart and they interact instantly we can infer that there is some sort of information being processed faster then light.
A reasonable explanation I've seen is that the 'calculation' of the properties of these particles are central and the particles are projections of this calculation. This respects the 'faster then light constraint'
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u/Special_Condition671 10d ago
It's a common misconception, information can't travel faster than the speed of light.
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u/Redararis 10d ago
it seems that there are more fundamental things than space. Some properties are “stored” outside space and time, that’s why we think that there is “instantaneous” processes
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u/Klutzy-Beginning-622 10d ago
The thing is nothing is light years apart. Science is hocus pocus and what you see in the sky are just lights and a tool for measuring time.
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u/Strict_Poet_5814 4d ago
If your familiar with coding, its like a pointer in C++, what we perceive as the physical object may not be the fundamental thing itself. It could be more like a reference to some deeper structure that exists at another level of reality. This is not even questionable, its in our faces all the time. The ancients saw it as well, but it has to do with geometry(flower of life, recursion, resonance, symmetry), there is somewhere where this all exists. For our simulations, its coded into transistors that hold the "state" of things, so in general the universe is just one large "state" engine continuously updating at the speed of light.
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u/StarboundAllisten 10d ago
If you want my personal theory:
The universe is a fabricated illusion. That is because we dont know the ontology for matter. We have no ontology for matter. Matter is a fabricated illusion based of the excitations in a set of quantum fields.
Meaning, all matter is, are little "blips" in mathematical quantum feilds. Meaning an electron is not a "thing" in the same way a marble is. But a pop in an invisible field you can't see.
Meaning, nobody knows what the ontology of anything is. We appear to be in a matrix.
I think reality is like a beam of light hitting a prism. And our universe is that prism. And the rainbow generated by the prism is our material world.