Big Picture (Destiny)

by dogcow , Hiding from Bob, in the vent core., Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 07:44 (2378 days ago) @ Robot Chickens

If you are talking about a total possibility simulation tree, what are the limitations/rules? There have to be bounds to the simulation otherwise they WOULD be able to think of something outside of the simulation.

Assuming the simulation is run on a computer, then the code sets the limitations.

Here's a simple example:
A computer cannot simulate something greater than itself. It can't simulate a computer with more memory than it has.

It cannot simulate it, but can it imagine it?

Sure, it can imagine it, but it couldn't truly comprehend it or simulate it. A computer with 2 bits of memory can represent 4 states or numbers (00, 01, 10, 11). So it could imagine a computer exists with up to 4 bits of memory. A 4 bit computer can represent 16 different states/numbers (0000, 0001, 0010, 0011, 0100, 0101 ... 1110, 1111). That 2 bit computer certainly cannot comprehend/represent/simulate all the different states that the 4 bit computer can, but it can imagine a 4 bit computer exists.