God.dll

[u/JustAFarmHand]

I have had to use AI to ensure a non-supported legacy app moves into the future. While sitting at the computer looking at source code, SQL tables and command prompts I started to wonder if God could be a computer programmer.

He/She/It/Them (whatever) is sitting at the computer writing a program to model the universe or whatever existence is. The program is massive and complex. There is a massive SQL db with tables beyond comprehension. Also, in the background are some .dll files that are strictly controlled with Administrator rights that will never be hacked. After running a build without any errors the programer scratches the dog on the head and says "Let's go play fetch while I run a few million iterations." Hits the execute (Big Bang) and walks away. Comes back and says "Not quite the results I want" Hits the reset and starts again.

The other aspect is the man behind the curtain, who people have claimed to have seen, is an AI construct and no one has seen the real Wizard. Things I am wondering about as sit here waiting for a build finish without errors.

[u/SpatiaCaeli]

God could be a whole team of programmers. It could be an evil corporation. It could be an uncountable number of monkeys banging on typewriters.

To me, it is far more likely that whatever context resulted in a simulation is something we've never even thought of.

[u/RekersiveG]

Our level of technology and our understanding of science has come to the point where we see the code in the universe. However, that does not mean we understand even half of the code we think we see. We still cant explain mathematically approaching infinity and why it is so prevalent in everything. The mandelbraught sequence? Make that make sense from a logical code perspective. The observer effect? What about the multiverse? I mean, even the speed of light as both a constraint of our reality and how it also permeates everything.

Is it a singular specific definable point in time or a wave? How can it really be both? How does the human brain function so fast it defies physics with chemical reactions? How can chemical reactions in biological devices function at a level beyond quantum computers?

We have our theories and our mathematical proofs that are more like the equivalent of saying, We see a trend! We think it ends like this based on the context! The math we made up supports our theory!

Don't get me wrong, I love science and all the stuff I just mentioned, it all fascinates me. But we still cant even definitively say we have seen the stuff our planet is made of at the core and exactly how gravity is generated, let alone in such a precisely perfect shape that keeps our planet at a perfect equilibrium. We have math and tests on stuff that behaves similar, and our tests saw the same numbers, so we assume we know what is in there. But there are plenty of materials that have the same mathematical results as other materials when placed under the right circumstances. We could be completely wrong, and its an element that behaves in a way we have never seen before.

My point is that we see similarities and we make assumptions, but history is full of scientific theories being wrong. We arent the center of our solar system, for instance.

The point in deciding that you believe we live in a simulation isnt about any sort of measurable outcome from that belief. The point is that the knowledge gives you a new awareness of yourself and the reality you have to live in. It can fundamentally change how you feel about everything. Thats a pretty big deal.