Life is not a Simulation but a Thought Experiment
The article argues that life is not a simulation but rather a thought experiment, suggesting that existence does not depend on conscious thought or computation. It compares mathematical truths, which exist independently of human calculation, to the nature of life and reality. The author posits that conception alone is sufficient for existence, challenging the notion that a simulation must be actively computed to be real.
- ▪The result of a mathematical operation exists independently of whether it has been calculated or not.
- ▪The article suggests that life and reality can be understood similarly to mathematical truths.
- ▪Conception of a world with its rules creates the entire simulated world, regardless of time.
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Back to writing Christian Fritz Dec 29, 2025 Life is not a Simulation but a Thought Experiment What is 453,634,563 + 2,688,222? You can calculate it in your head or use a calculator but the result is the same: 456,322,785. Since when is that the case? Did the result of this addition only start to exist after you calculated it? Of course not! Nor did anyone first have to invent 456,322,785 as the sum of 453,634,563 and 2,688,222, and even if no person or other intelligent being ever thought about adding these two numbers, the result already existed before we even asked the question. Addition, like all mathematical operations, is completely time-less. In this article I will try to convince you that it is the same with life itself.
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