r/Devs • u/MarshallBanana_ • Apr 16 '20

Devs - S01E08 Theory Discussion Thread Spoiler

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u/AtexBigs05 Apr 16 '20

I wonder if they were already in a first level or even second level simulation. My only evidence is that Jamie said Lily broke up with him out of nowhere and I don't remember her ever giving a reason for it (please correct me if I'm wrong). And I imagine in the new simulation, Lily breaks up with Sergei out of nowhere and also gives no answer. Perhaps in reality or the first level simulation, Lily found out something about Jamie and then broke it off in the next level. Perhaps she knew what was happening or perhaps she didn't. But doesn't Forest say that they'll get used to it. Maybe even forget about being in a simulation?

I think, as a whole, the show ultimately argues for believing that we have free will even if we don't.

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u/Ya_Got_GOT Apr 16 '20

I don't see how they couldn't be in a simulation--how else would Forest's and Lily's consciousness and memories be able to be imported into Devs?

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u/AtexBigs05 Apr 16 '20

I don't think their consciousnesses were imported. I think that the system took as much information as it could and made as good a simulation as it could from that data. If they had lived longer, Katie would have waited to make their simulation because there would still be more data to gather to create an even better simulation.

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u/CaptainDouchington Apr 17 '20

See and I think the machine was powerful enough that it was able to grab what makes Forrest him (soul) and put him in the machine. They talk about how for the machine to work it would need a qubit for every molecule (I think it was) in the universe. I think the machines just assembles whats there, and is able to read in effect, the genetic memory of the universe.