Simulate This!

So when we last left our hero, he was about to explain how multiple dimensions fit in nicely with the Creation as a Simulation Theory©.

There are several theories, both philosophical and mathematical, that deal with multiple universes (or multiverse). We can discount the philosophical theories right off the bat because they assume an infinite universe and is thus, by definition, impossible in a simulation scenario. As far as the mathematical theories, we don’t need to delve into them very deeply. However, there are some points we will need to understand moving forward.

The most basic theory (basic here being a relative term) is M-Theory. Essentially, this says that for every decision or outcome, every possible alternate outcome occurs in another ‘parallel’ universe. These universes are exactly the same as ours up to one decision or event. In this theory, there are billions upon billions of alternate universes.

The reason this fits into our theory here is because in order for a simulation to work it has to calculate variables, and for a simulation this complex it would have to calculate variables at a rate of literally billions per second. Through the code of this simulation that behaves as what we know as physics, these variables show up in the math, making it look like multiple dimensions.

While we’re here, let’s talk about Time. According to recent theories, either time is slowing down or there are two separate dimensions of time, with the separate dimension theory attempting to explain the recently observed time dilation.

Anyone who has ever worked on a computer knows that if you are working on something very large, the processes start to slow down. Well, that’s basically what is happening to our Computer Simulation. When we observe the older universe, it appears to move faster than our closer neighbors. What we are seeing is a glimpse of a young simulation that was processing data much faster than it is today. As the simulation gets older and older, it has more and more data to keep up with. This slows down everything. From our point of view, time itself is slowing down.

Next time, we’ll talk about déjà vu and other freaky things.