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Paul Mecurio

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
506 total appearances

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StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

This is Hayden from Hawaii.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

Like Dr. Tyson, my favorite movie is The Matrix.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

Is there a mathematical way to prove or disprove we are not in a simulation?

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

Is anyone working on this?

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

Now, if you answer no, that's exactly what the simulation would want you to say, which means we're in a simulation.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

Aha!

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

I got you.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

You can't do it because if you're trying to prove that it's fake, the proof that you have is fake.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

So you're caught in this loop.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

Why would the proof be fake?

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

Because you're within a simulation that's fake.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

So the proof within the simulation is fake, right?

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

I mean, it's got the same credibility as an email from a Nigerian prince at this point, right?

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

That's very dated.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

Yeah.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

Thank you.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

Like two years after email.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

If this were fake, the proof would be fake, which means that reality is not reality.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

So we don't even know if we're in reality.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

But maybe we are in a simulation.