Not sure how, of even if, this relates but seemed somewhat connected to what you’re looking at. https://www.quantamagazine.org/were-stuck-inside-the-universe-lee-smolin-has-an-idea-for-how-to-study-it-anyway-20190627/
For some reason your parenthetical made me think of some of what Smolin was saying about how we view the universe and how we should try to model it.
Not sure how, of even if, this relates but seemed somewhat connected to what you’re looking at. https://www.quantamagazine.org/were-stuck-inside-the-universe-lee-smolin-has-an-idea-for-how-to-study-it-anyway-20190627/
For some reason your parenthetical made me think of some of what Smolin was saying about how we view the universe and how we should try to model it.