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It's a misconception that the Planck length represents the smallest possible length.


Indeed, thanks for the correction! However, it would probably be enough for any simulation to be good enough.


My point is that "probably" falls short of rigorous mathematical proof.


Surely you're not expecting anything rigorous related to the simulation hypothesis..


I find it intellectually unsatisfying, so no.

But the way semi-serious people kick the idea around, sure. Pony up. I don't think that my religious beliefs submit to rigor, either. But I'm not here pushing something labeled as "religious beliefs" as a "hypothesis", either.

By the same token, if someone wants to call it the "Simulation Belief" in a religious sense, then I will lay by my dish.




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