You might have read my last article on SU about our universe not being real and the consequences it would have on the definition of reality itself — or simply: Are we real? What is actually this „real“? Why living in a virtual world does not define reality.

Many people asked me if there is an experiment to prove if we live in a virtual world. I thought about it, and I think there is. Here is how it goes:

The premisses

So considering the fact that our universe is probably simulated from a mathematic point of view — how would we ever prove that it could be simulated.

Here is the thing => We wouldn’t be.

>> Why? Because — ok lets cover this at the end of the article (-:

Short version: The question is not „if“ — but much rather „when“. And we are getting closer to this kind of solution than most people would believe.

So here is the first premise:

I suggest, that it is possible to build a virtual world that can not be distinguished from the world, we define as reality. May it be a VR-experience or any other type of simulation technology.

Second premise:

I suggest a test, comparable to the turing test for artificial intelligence, to prove the validity of this hypothesis. (This is where it gets really interesting…)

Short:

Let’s build a kick ass virtual world to prove that our world could be a simulation too.

Back to the because

Let’s dive into physics for a second:

So…, from a physical point of view everything is following gravity. Gravity is not a static thing but rather an expanding field — thats how we tend to understand the universe from a physical point of view — simplified. Our universe is expanding (Big Bang and stuff). While it is expanding the gravitational field is expanding with it. Basically: Our universe is being created trough expansion. Within the universe everything is following the principle of gravity — ergo: Gravity is creating expansion of the universe & the expension of the universe creates gravity. Gravity creates time. Time creates change — change creates experience.

==> Simple: What we experience within the borders of gravity is what we define as reality.

Here you go. I leave it up to you what you make out of this thought. Create your own dent in the universe (-:

[MR]

Forgot the because (here):

If our universe would be simulated you could build it in a way that can not be unraveled — a self fulfilling prophecy.

P.s.

The turing test has been passed in 2014 by the way.

P.p.s.

Time does not exist — had to slip this one in (-: