alienist comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 109 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanielLC 24 February 2015 03:29:14AM 0 points [-]

If the laws of reality are simulated, then they must be computable. A giant switch statement isn't going to let you figure out how to make time travel consistent. They couldn't easily check every possibility and see if it's consistent. Even if they did, that would mean they're simulating all of them, including the inconsistent ones, and there'd be no reason for Harry to find himself in a consistent one.

Comment author: alienist 24 February 2015 06:00:37AM 1 point [-]

If the laws of reality are simulated, then they must be computable.

Depends on what they're being stimulated on.