{"id":432398,"date":"2022-04-15T22:16:39","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T19:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-metas-multiverse-could-prove-our-universe-is-a-fake\/"},"modified":"2022-04-15T22:16:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T19:16:39","slug":"how-metas-multiverse-could-prove-our-universe-is-a-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-metas-multiverse-could-prove-our-universe-is-a-fake\/","title":{"rendered":"#How Meta&#8217;s multiverse could prove our universe is a fake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40cba453625\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40cba453625\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-metas-multiverse-could-prove-our-universe-is-a-fake\/#%E2%80%9CHow_Metas_multiverse_could_prove_our_universe_is_a_fake%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;How Meta&#8217;s multiverse could prove our universe is a fake&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-metas-multiverse-could-prove-our-universe-is-a-fake\/#What_is_time\" >What is time?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-metas-multiverse-could-prove-our-universe-is-a-fake\/#Whats_this_got_to_do_with_the_metaverse\" >What\u2019s this got to do with the metaverse?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-metas-multiverse-could-prove-our-universe-is-a-fake\/#Okay_so\" >Okay, so?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHow_Metas_multiverse_could_prove_our_universe_is_a_fake%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;How Meta&#8217;s multiverse could prove our universe is a fake&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n                            Our universe is a ridiculous place. It\u2019s where all the silliest things we\u2019re aware of h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en. And chief among the silliness is the wacky idea of <i>time<\/i><span>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Don\u2019t get me wrong, the metaverse is a strong second. Especially <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u2019s<\/span><\/span><span> Meta\u2019s agonizingly dysfunctional approach to building it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But time\u2019s even stranger than changing the name of the world\u2019s most widely-known <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> company to something that literally means \u201cself-referential.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Time is the opposite of self-referential. If it exists in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-018-05095-z\">tangible, physical form<\/a>, then we might be living in a simulated universe \u2014 our own bespoke layer in the metaverse. This might sound weird, but it\u2019s actually pretty intuitive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In this scenario, for whatever reason, someone or something created a simulated reality and put us in it. This reality is made of discrete chunks of spacetime. From our point of view, this spacetime is the bedrock of our universe. From the creator\u2019s, it\u2019s the bits that make up our data. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This all begs the question: what if time doesn\u2019t exist? What if time is just a measurement and we\u2019re living in base reality? If that were true, we\u2019d have to figure out what reality is actually made of. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And that\u2019s where physics concepts such as string theory, parallel universes, and dark matter come in. They\u2019re all theoretical ways of explaining away the need to describe the universe in the kinds of terms we can intuit and recreate. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a much more interesting article, however, if we take a leap and assume that time does exist.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_time\"><\/span><span>What is time? <\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>We\u2019ve covered the concept of timespace as discrete chunks extensively here at Neural. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Here\u2019s some recent articles touching on the subject:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, let\u2019s suffice in saying that there\u2019s no empirical definition of time that would satisfy our desire to determine its place in our universe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We\u2019ll have to view the concept of time from a more <\/span><i>measurable<\/i><span> frame of reference. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Let\u2019s imagine a one-second video of a dandelion swaying in the breeze.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Even though one second is a very short duration, it\u2019s still plenty of time for our eyes and brains to pick up on any motion and figure out exactly what\u2019s going on. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Go ahead, try it: close your eyes and try to picture a swaying dandelion as you count a full \u201cone-one thousand\u201d in your head. See? It\u2019s doable. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If your imagination were a standard, typical HD TV, it would be displaying that video at a refresh rate of 60hz. And if the video were recorded under the most common settings it would either display at 24 frames-per-second (FPS) or 30. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Let\u2019s add two more facts to the mix before we bring it all together and explain what these numbers mean.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If we assume the universe is made up of discrete chunks of spacetime, we can theorize a maximum frame-rate. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Unfortunately <\/span><span>we don\u2019t currently have any way of estimating how many FPS the universe or base reality runs at. We can talk in terms of measurements, such as the speed of light or the size of a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Planck_units\">Planck unit<\/a>, but we can\u2019t be sure either of those perceived extremes represent true limits in the universe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>No matter what, we\u2019re stuck dealing with assumptions because of our limited perspective.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_this_got_to_do_with_the_metaverse\"><\/span><span>What\u2019s this got to do with the metaverse?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>We\u2019re fish in an aquarium trying to understand our relative position to the outside world. From our point of view, the universe follows at least two different sets of rules \u2014 Newtonian physics and quantum physics. But what if we\u2019re only seeing a tiny fraction of the whole picture?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Spyridon Michalakis, the physicist who consulted on Marvel\u2019s Ant-Man films, recently <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/culture\/23024945\/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-multiverse-explained-quantum-physicist\">discussed the concept<\/a> with Vox\u2019s Alex Abad-Santos: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span>Let\u2019s say we only perceive 100 frames per second, something like that. We can be aware of our lives and choices we make, but then the frame rate of the universe where you could be flickering between different timelines is 40 orders of magnitude above that. It\u2019s one with 40 zeros.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Then we make the best approximation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We\u2019re all trying to figure out the plot of the universe by just watching the beginning and the end of the movie, the first and last frame. We\u2019re just reconstructing the in-between the best we can. That\u2019s where the multiverse hides; it hides there in between frames. Honestly, I think that the frame rate of the universe truly is infinite, not even finite, very, very large. And we\u2019re so far away from that.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>It\u2019s the last line that piqued my interest: \u201cAnd we\u2019re so far away from that.\u201d How far away is \u201cso far?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Because I remember when video <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s looked like this:<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"wikicommons\" alt=\"A screenshot of the 1979 video game \" asteroids=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"273\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/1\/13\/Asteroi1.png\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fneural%2F2022%2F04%2F15%2Fhow-zuckerbergs-multiverse-and-quantum-physics-could-prove-our-universe-fake%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: 1979 wasn\u2019t THAT long ago\" data-title=\"Share 1979 wasn\u2019t THAT long ago on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share 1979 wasn\u2019t THAT long ago on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>1979 wasn\u2019t THAT long ago<\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"wikicommons\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/1\/13\/Asteroi1.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of the 1979 video game \" asteroids=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"273\" class=\"\" srcset=\"\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><span>Now they look nearly photo-realistic. Have you seen some of the early <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unrealengine.com\/en-US\/unreal-engine-5\">Unreal Engine 5 demos<\/a>? They\u2019re breathtaking. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In another 30 years, it could be impossible to differentiate between VR and reality without some form of buffer to indicate which one you\u2019re perceiving. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Right now, millions of gamers pay premium prices for displays and graphics cards capable of running games at frame-rates in excess of 120FPS and at refresh rates in excess of 120hz, despite the fact that there\u2019s no indication the human eye or brain can <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/human-eye-fps\">perceive motion at these rates<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Why? Because we can. Someone probably demonstrated some sort of secondary benefit to increasing frame-rates that made it easy enough to market these gonzo systems to overeager gamers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At some point, if we keep pushing the limits of FPS and refresh rates, we\u2019ll be developing systems capable of displaying graphics at resolutions and frame-rates no human could ever perceive \u2014 which seems a lot like recording an entire music album in tones and frequencies we can\u2019t hear. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But these systems could be useful in teaching AI to detect nuances at the quantum level (or in the \u201cquantum realm\u201d as Ant-Man would say) that humans couldn\u2019t \u2014 even if they shrunk themselves down.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Okay_so\"><\/span>Okay, so?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>Here\u2019s the payoff: one day, maybe 30 years from now\u2026 maybe 300\u2026 it\u2019s possible our endeavor to build the most robust metaverse possible \u2014 an immersive experience that goes far beyond merely fooling the human visual cortex \u2014 will provide us with the ground truth about base reality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If time is indeed discrete chunks, the architects of the metaverse could eventually train an AI to dial in the universe\u2019s frame-rate and literally see the individual chunks. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And, by then re-building the metaverse out of digital chunks that emulate the universe\u2019s timespace chunks in size, speed, and mass, we would be creating a one-for-one model of our universe, inside our universe. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This would almost certainly indicate that our universe is either part of a physical multiverse, or that it\u2019s a simulation. And the multiverse we created? It would be a simulation inside of a simulation. You can see where this is going.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Then again, maybe time isn\u2019t discrete. If that\u2019s the case, then all this talk of FPS and resolution is moot. If there are no chunks, there can\u2019t be gaps between them. And that means there can\u2019t be any frames.<\/span>\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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