Possible support for the Vex's limitations (Destiny)

by General Vagueness , The Vault of Sass, Wednesday, November 01, 2017, 18:04 (2658 days ago)

https://cosmosmagazine.com/physics/physicists-find-we-re-not-living-in-a-computer-simulation

Ever since the Vex were introduced, before the first game even came out, people have been asking "why haven't they won already if they can simulate anything?". Obviously time travel is a bigger factor, but to travel to a time and place you'll want to know you're going to be stuck in the middle of solid rock or indeed the inside of a star, so some degree of foresight is necessary. On top of that the Grimoire makes a lot out of the Vex's simulation abilities, and what they're unable to simulate. As recently as the trailer for Curse of Osiris, Ikora reminds us that seeing what's coming is the Vex's prerogative.
This isn't a final answer, since the conditions outside a simulation can be different than the conditions inside it, but a recent study has found that the amount of storage required to keep track of even a fairly small amount of matter down to its quantum properties is larger than the amount of matter in the entire observable universe. Of course the Light and the Darkness can both cause impossible things to become possible, so this might not be a binding point for the Vex, but it's neat to think about-- especially since some people at Bungie have said they try to make the actually scientific parts of the world as grounded as they can, like using real terms for esoteric or theoretical particles.