wedrifid comments on Physicists To Test If Universe Is A Computer Simulation (link) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 17 April 2013 10:48:26AM 20 points [-]

This is testing for discretization of space.

Really? Wow. That's FAR more interesting than the actual subject title.

Comment author: DaFranker 17 April 2013 04:24:48PM 3 points [-]

I'm quite partial to the idea that this was actually the whole point of the experiment, and they just spun it as "Let's see if we're in the Matrix!" to get more public attention (and easier grant monies).

Comment author: [deleted] 17 April 2013 07:03:11PM 1 point [-]

If you're interested in that kind of stuff, see this.

Comment author: wedrifid 18 April 2013 03:06:59AM 1 point [-]

If you're interested in that kind of stuff, see this.

Thanks for the link. I like seeing empiricism used to actively narrow the search space for quantum gravity theory candidates.