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The point is, to determine whether "this" universe is a simulation or not, you would need to look after a special characteristic that differentiates it from a "parent" universe.

If you prove the universe is computable, that still doesn't give you any answer whether it's a simulation or not.

As it stands, the theory is a tautology, because that's just proving the universe is something that it is.



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