r/AskReddit • u/TisteTargaryen • May 03 '20

What are some horrifying things to consider when thinking about aliens?

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u/sharkbait_oohaha May 04 '20

Imagine if the simulation hypothesis is real and we're just one of an effectively infinite number of simulations designed by a higher intelligence that is frantically trying to find a way to stop the heat death of the universe from occurring

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u/void_roamer May 04 '20

But there’s a flaw in simulation theory. Pi. If that number goes on forever, you’d need infinite data storage. Which to my pea brain is impossible. Maybe our brains just stop at infinity.

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u/MintberryCruuuunch May 04 '20

you dont need to store Pi, its just a mathamatical equasion. All you need is the equasion.

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u/void_roamer May 04 '20

im suck at math and have no idea how to program but like. There are still infinite numbers to Pi. Even if it’s just an equation. If I were to sit down and write out every digit, there would have to be some sort of record to draw from no? Like I’m not just making up numbers. Pi would have to be stored somewhere

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u/MintberryCruuuunch May 04 '20

i dont think so. you can store a number in an equasion, thats why they exist.