posted on Apr, 27 2024 @ 12:27 AM
www.popularmechanics.com...
"Are we living in a simulation? We are closer to the answer than ever before. Melvin Vopson, a physicist from University of Portsmouth found
scientific evidence that supports this theory. He discovered that entropy naturally decreases over time in information systems, contrary to the second
law of thermodynamics which states that entropy should be always rising in physical systems. He proposed a new complementary law called “Second law
of information dynamics” in his seminal 2022 paper. In this study, he examined the biological information storage systems, specifically RNA
sequences of different variants of Covid. As the COVID-19 virus evolved, its genetic "language" became more streamlined, leading to an unexpected
decrease in entropy. Most of the mutations were actually deletions, leading to a more “compressed” and efficient genetic code. This challenges the
Darwinian view that genetic mutations are completely random events and could be used to develop predictive algorithms for genetic mutations before
they occur. This finding, if proven to be true, has massive implications for future developments in genetic research, evolutionary biology, computing
and physics. It would also suggest that life forms naturally evolve towards efficient complexity, and intelligent life should be much more common in
the Universe than we initially assumed and its evolution can be predicted in advance. Life may naturally evolve into optimal “templates”, like our
humanoid form. However, the biggest implication of the Second Law of Infodynamics is that reduction of entropy in information systems over time
indicates that the universe naturally optimizes and compresses information which indicates its artificial “digital” nature. We observe the same
compression algorithms in computer programs and games today. Moreover it explains symmetry and fractal patterns so commonly found in nature, being
another form of “data compression”. Saving “storage space” and optimizing “power consumption”.
This may prove that we are living in a giant “virtual reality”, however don’t expect the “computer” or “source” it’s run on to be
anything like primitive technology known to us. Another groundbreaking discovery which received a Nobel prize in 2022 proved that the Universe is not
“locally real”. Meaning objects don’t have definite properties independent of observation and they are not restricted to the influences of their
local surroundings. Quantum Entanglement proves that two objects can be interconnected over vast distances and this influence is not limited by speed
of light. This is a further indication that our universe possibly operates akin to a programmed system where distances and locality (spacetime) are
illusory constraints. Just as in computer games artificial limitations are introduced to make them fun to play. This finding may indicate that the
observer actually shapes the reality, or it’s generated on demand for an observer. So if an apple falls and there isn’t anyone to observe it, that
reality at the quantum level may not be fully defined until it is observed. Similar to how objects aren't rendered in a video game until they come
into the player's view. And the second law of infodynamics explains how the information in a simulated Universe is compressed and stored. Nick
Bostrom, an influential philosopher and popularizer of simulation theory suggests that if humanity is close to producing simulations that are
indistinguishable from reality, it statistically means that we are already living inside a simulation. The logic is simple, if creating artificial
words is technically possible and technological societies have motivation to create them, then naturally there would be much more artificially created
realities than a base reality. Our own technological progress indicates that both of these assumptions are true. So we are already much more likely to
live in a created or “intelligently designed” world. "