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- Neural Networks Simulate Schizophrenia with Hyperlearning Theory http://www.livescience.com/14058-schizophrenic-simulation-computer-acts-human-disease.html 12 comments
- Universe Simulation Theory-How do we know that the cutoff point in crystal lattices is indicative of the universe behaving like a computer rather than a computer behaving like the universe? http://www.technologyreview.com/view/429561/the-measurement-that-would-reveal-the-universe-as-a-computer-simulation/ 7 comments askscience
- First Martian life likely broke the planet with climate change, made themselves extinct - The new theory comes from a climate modeling study that simulated hydrogen-consuming, methane-producing microbes living on Mars roughly 3.7 billion years ago https://www.livescience.com/mars-microbes-made-themselves-extinct-climate-change 43 comments space
- Simulation theory is a useless, perhaps even dangerous, thought experiment that makes no contact with empirical investigation. | Anil Seth, Sabine Hossenfelder, Massimo Pigliucci, Anders Sandberg https://iai.tv/video/lost-in-the-matrix&utm_source=reddit&_auid=2020 374 comments philosophy
- My Thoughts On Simulation Theory https://thegnosticdread.com/my-thoughts-on-simulation-theory/ 6 comments philosophy
- Simulation theory is a useless, perhaps even dangerous, thought experiment that makes no contact with empirical investigation. | Anil Seth, Sabine Hossenfelder, Massimo Pigliucci, Anders Sandberg https://iai.tv/video/lost-in-the-matrix&utm_source=reddit&_auid=2020 734 comments philosophy
- RC High Pass Filter Simulation and Theory https://www.thequantizer.com/high-pass-filter-simulation-theory-calculator/ 10 comments electronics
- [pre-print] A dominant theory in cognitive science argues that humans use simulations in world models to reason about the world. This pre-print finds evidence for mental simulations in primates https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.14.426741v1 8 comments cogsci
- Astrophysicists detect difference between how dark matter behaves in theory and how it appears to act in reality: observed cluster substructures are more efficient lenses than predicted by cold dark matter simulations, by more than an order of magnitude. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/369/6509/1347 39 comments science
- Debunking Nick Bostrom's Simulation Theory With Information Theory. https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/h8mbig/debunking_nick_bostroms_simulation_theory_with/ 4 comments math
- I've simulated /r/soccer's popular theory again! Not just Yaya Touré clones this time... A league of 26 “One-man Teams”! Who is the most complete player in the history of football? https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/csdl3f/ive_simulated_rsoccers_popular_theory_again_not/ 247 comments soccer
- By running lab simulations of atmospheric chemistry, new research questions the theory that oxygen and organic compounds in the atmosphere are evidence of life on a planet, because they can wind up in atmospheres for reasons that have nothing to do with biological processes. https://releases.jhu.edu/2018/12/17/alien-imposters-planets-with-oxygen-dont-necessarily-have-life/ 3 comments science
- Simulation Theory Is A Pyramid Scheme https://medium.com/@anthonymountjoy/simulation-theory-is-a-pyramid-scheme-205733f8c74a 24 comments philosophy
- Simulations back up theory that Universe is a hologram http://www.nature.com/news/simulations-back-up-theory-that-universe-is-a-hologram-1.14328 40 comments nottheonion
- Simulation theory says more about human nature than it does the universe http://www.schmidtdesign.co/simulation-theory-reality-41209/ 463 comments philosophy
- The Simulation Theory https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/5mcfdu/the_simulation_theory/ 41 comments space
- What is the relation between String Theory and the Simulation Hypothesis? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/4xzhqg/what_is_the_relation_between_string_theory_and/ 5 comments askscience
- Simulations back up theory that Universe is a hologram http://www.nature.com/news/simulations-back-up-theory-that-universe-is-a-hologram-1.14328 4 comments worldnews
- Simulations back up theory that Universe is a hologram. A team of physicists has provided some of the clearest evidence yet that our Universe could be just one big projection. http://www.nature.com/news/simulations-back-up-theory-that-universe-is-a-hologram-1.14328 2245 comments science
- "Negobot, a conversational agent that simulates a fourteen-year-old girl and uses game theory to hunt for possible paedophiles." http://phys.org/news/2013-07-virtual-lolita-paedophiles.html 49 comments linguistics
- Using Chaos Theory to Simulate the 2013 NFL Draft http://phillyinferno.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/using-chaos-theory-to-simulate-the-2013-nfl-draft/ 35 comments nfl
- Is the Cosmos a Vast Computer Simulation? New Theory May Offer Clues http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2012/10/is-the-cosmos-a-vast-computer-simulation-new-theory-may-offer-clues.html 18 comments science
- Simulation Theory, how does this differ from Solipsism? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H13_3AjFxRw 6 comments philosophy
- Perceived Green at Speed: A Simulated Driving Experiment Raises New Questions for Attention Restoration Theory and Stress Reduction Theory https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343365182_perceived_green_at_speed_a_simulated_driving_experiment_raises_new_questions_for_attention_restoration_theory_and_stress_reduction_theory 2 comments science
- Hackers could use connected cars to gridlock whole cities at rush hour if they can randomly stall out 20% of cars on the road, maybe less, but it would take 10% or a little less to wreak havoc. Physicists simulated city-wide hacks using percolation theory. http://www.rh.gatech.edu/news/623759/hackers-could-use-connected-cars-gridlock-whole-cities 42 comments science
- Alternative theory of gravity, that seeks to remove the need for dark energy and be an alternative to general relativity, makes a nearly testable prediction, reports a new study in Nature Astronomy, that used a massive simulation done with a "chameleon" theory of gravity to explain galaxy formation. https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/07/alternative-theory-of-gravity-makes-a-nearly-testable-prediction/ 304 comments science
- [Arnovitz] Snakes in a backpack. How Robert Covington's python, TJ McConnell's coffee addiction, JJ Redick's fascination with Simulation Theory and Amir Johnson's tattoos helped the 76ers build a culture. http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23216496/nba-how-philadelphia-76ers-formed-culture-built-win 48 comments nba
- Popular scientific theory states that we might be living inside a simulation. If that's the case, how do I know that the people who inhabit this world are real people and not some form of sophisticated AI reacting to me? https://www.reddit.com/r/philosophy/comments/4n0gb1/popular_scientific_theory_states_that_we_might_be/ 14 comments philosophy
- Testing the Matrix Theory: Three scientists are brainstorming new ways to test if the cosmos is all just one big computer simulation http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2013/06/28/brainstorming-new-ways-to-test-if-cosmos-is-one-big-computer-simulation/?utm_campaign=techtwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social 727 comments science
- When does higher-order theory of mind stop paying off, epistemically? An agent-based simulation study http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s0004370213000441 4 comments philosophy
- Computer simulations strong support for new theory of earth's core (2/10/2008) http://www.geologytimes.com/research/computer_simulations_strong_support_for_new_theory_of_earths_core.asp 2 comments science
- Computer simulations strongly support new theory of Earth's core http://physorg.com/news121692398.html 8 comments science
- Computer simulations strong support for new theory of earth's ore http://www.uu.se/news/news_item.php?typ=press&id=49 2 comments science
- I've simulated /r/soccer's popular theory: Would 11 Yaya Touré clones make the best “One Man Team” ever? + Created a new subreddit for these types of simulations: /r/FootballSim https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/c92zp5/ive_simulated_rsoccers_popular_theory_would_11/ 231 comments soccer
- The cusp of an apple -- Scientists study the geometry and morphogenesis of the cusp of an apple by combining observations of fruit growth with a simple theory, finite element simulations, and controlled swelling experiments using a physical gel simulacrum. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-021-01335-8 3 comments science
- If the Earth/Theia collision theory accurate, and it was a glancing blow that did destroy Theia as in the simulation picture in this link, shouldn't Earth have ended up with some pretty snazzy rings like Saturn? It is my understanding Earth size rocky planets CAN have rings. http://i.stack.imgur.com/n8vct.gif 8 comments space
- Cooperative Neural Networks Suggest How Intelligence Evolved: A new computer simulation support a long-held theory that social interactions may have triggered brain evolution in human ancestors http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=cooperative-neural-networks-suggest-how-intelligence-evolved 9 comments cogsci
- Potential Beginning of Life Simulated in Lab. Scientists at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) have substantiated their theory that life could have begun deep in the Earth's crust. In their experiments, structures that were inanimate developed survival strategies within a short time. https://www.uni-due.de/cenide/news_one_en.php/1394 10 comments science
- I remembered this article from the journal of science published online and thought you guys might find it interesting. Simulations back up theory that Universe is a hologram A ten-dimensional theory of gravity makes the same predictions as standard quantum physics in fewer dimensions. http://www.nature.com/news/simulations-back-up-theory-that-universe-is-a-hologram-1.14328 22 comments aliens
- A team of researchers has succeeded in simulating the birth of the universe using calculations based on superstring theory that show the universe had 9 spatial dimensions at the beginning, but only 3 of these underwent expansion at some point in time. http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-year-old-puzzle-superstring-theory-supercomputer.html 701 comments science
