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Letter: Simulated cosmos could explain rather a lot

Published 26 June 2024

From John Bell, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, UK

Bernd-Juergen Fischer rightly points out that a simulation of the universe would only need to take account of the inner world of the subjective “I” and whomever and whatever they interact with (Letters, 1 June).

Taking that concept further, most of the universe would need only be stored as a vague set of probabilities, which would only have to be set in stone as subjective reality when the “I” observes something. Wait a minute, that sounds familiar!

Issue no. 3497 published 29 June 2024

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