Our "universe" simultaneously is and is not a simulation because reality is relative to the seer. It's a fun thing to think about but pointless due to our limited understanding on what would make one universe 'real' and another a 'simulation', since really they're one and the same, just at different scales. It is interesting to think about though whether or not our universe has a parent universe which it exists inside of. And if so how deep that nesting goes. If our universe isn't contwined inside something else, does that mean our universe simply is everything? No way to really know.

[–] rockstarpirate@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Right. By whatever logic we deduce that our universe is simulated, it would be just as likely that our simulators are also simulated. And from there you get simulations on to infinity and a simulation becomes as real as reality gets.

[–] quazar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

to quote XKCD, a rock is an analog computer that generates a rock

[–] 666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I sometimes like to think that, for another being, the earth is the size of an atom, and that humans are kind of like bacteria

[–] STUPIDVIPGUY@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I like to think our universe is just a snow globe on some alien kid's shelf.