there have been 100 billion people that have lived before us
If we are, in fact, running in a simulation, there’s little reason to think this is true.
I think you need to differentiate between “physical” simulations and “VR” simulations. In a physical simulation, the only way of arriving at a universe state is to compute all the states that precede it.
If we are, in fact, running in a simulation, there’s little reason to think this is true.
I think you need to differentiate between “physical” simulations and “VR” simulations. In a physical simulation, the only way of arriving at a universe state is to compute all the states that precede it.