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If the universe would be a simulation, then what about the universe in which ours is being simulated? Can we measure that too?

What if the creator of the simulation thought of this and programmed his simulation such that this measurement will not work by making it give fake values for non lattice directions? :p

If the measurement says it's a simulation, who says it really is a simulation? It could just be that physics actually is like that, without any "computer" running it being involved.



"You're very clever, young man, very clever, but it's turtles all the way down!"


If physics is like that then that would actually be of great interest to physicists. Most models rely on space being homogenous and having the same properties regardless of direction and speed.




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