r/quantuminterpretation • u/OddEdges • 4d ago

We Refuted the REFUTATION of the Simulation Hypothesis

Last year, physicist Franco Vazza tried to kill the simulation hypothesis. He killed a strawman instead. We published a takedown in the same journal. Here's the story of how it went down, and how critics have been getting the SH wrong for over 20 years.

Of note: simulation theory offers the most complete account for QM and relativity considering the competition out there has reached a virtual standstill; and still tried to preserve physicalist monism and Newtonianism--despite the anti-realist discoveries of QM. The bet we are placing is that simulation theory will actually have the highest explanatory powers for a future theory of physics, and indeed, a theory of everything.

Thinkers worth looking into working in that department are Brian Whitworth's Quantum Realism, Campbell's MBT Theory, and Fredkin's Digital Mechanics.

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u/JupiterandMars1 3d ago

lol, of course it will. It’s got a built in capacity to simply add what it needs to answer practically any question via abductive reasoning.

That’s like saying theism has the capacity to offer a complete account of QM.

SH simply kicks the can down the road (or up the substrate). It answers nothing.

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u/ConcretePeanut 4d ago

I strongly dispute the idea that SH is anti-realist in the slightest.

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u/Cryptizard 4d ago

It seems like you meant to link to something but it’s not here.