I wrote this in another thread but I think this is so important that I am starting a new thread.
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I thought this was the case a long time ago. Think about it. We naturally think the world is continuous. But Quantum Physics suggests the world is kind of discrete.
Now, let's imagine a universe that *is* continuous. A universe with continuous time and space. Now let's imagine beings in this universe attempt to create a simulation of their world with computers.
Computers are digital. So the universe it simulates is imperfect. However, since it is a simulation of their continuous world, the beings in the digital world also naturally thinks their digital world is continuous. As the simulated digital beings explore their fake digital world they note discrepancies. They invent quantum physics to explain these discrepancies.
In other words, we are nothing more than digital simulations! That's why many of us believe in a God! That's why we inherently think the world should be continuous -- because our God lives in a continuous universe! But we noticed weird things when we try to examine our micoscopic world. As we examine our world in smaller and smaller detail, all of a sudden our "continuous" world breaks down. A computer cannot simulate a continuous universe correctly as you go further and further smaller. Floating point representation cannot represent a continuous line of points. And so, we invented something called Quantum Physics to explain these discrenpancies!
Case close.
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I thought this was the case a long time ago. Think about it. We naturally think the world is continuous. But Quantum Physics suggests the world is kind of discrete.
Now, let's imagine a universe that *is* continuous. A universe with continuous time and space. Now let's imagine beings in this universe attempt to create a simulation of their world with computers.
Computers are digital. So the universe it simulates is imperfect. However, since it is a simulation of their continuous world, the beings in the digital world also naturally thinks their digital world is continuous. As the simulated digital beings explore their fake digital world they note discrepancies. They invent quantum physics to explain these discrepancies.
In other words, we are nothing more than digital simulations! That's why many of us believe in a God! That's why we inherently think the world should be continuous -- because our God lives in a continuous universe! But we noticed weird things when we try to examine our micoscopic world. As we examine our world in smaller and smaller detail, all of a sudden our "continuous" world breaks down. A computer cannot simulate a continuous universe correctly as you go further and further smaller. Floating point representation cannot represent a continuous line of points. And so, we invented something called Quantum Physics to explain these discrenpancies!
Case close.
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