So I just read about the initiation of the #discussion tag through the thankful efforts of 
Do we live in a simulation?
The simulation theory has been taking the world by storm for quite some time now, and all for seemingly good grounds to that!
Westworld series has had quite the "OH MY", "AHHA", or similar effect on a lot of people (myself included). And even though the concept is not new, as the westworld series is actually based on a 1973 movie with the same name, yet the viral nature of the series, and the hot debates emanating from it has led it to become quite a thing.
Many supporters of the theory use the "Double Slit" experiment as main grounds for the theory, whereby observing particles causes them to behave differently than when being unobserved.
Check out this video for an explanation of the Double Slit experiment
Others also rely on the "speed of light being constant" as to be a limit of the simulation, where everything starts to act slowly due to "hardware limitations" or "processing capability limitations" (malleability of time)
Neil DeGrasse Tyson joined a panel discussion back in 2016 about the topic, and was on the supporter side of the theory.
What do you guys think? Do we live in a simulation? Why, or why not?
Let's get the discussion going!
References:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westworld_(TV_series)
- https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/227126-neil-degrasse-tyson-says-its-very-likely-the-universe-is-a-simulation
- https://gizmodo.com/5-reasons-our-universe-might-actually-be-a-virtual-real-1665353513
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