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If our simulated universe’s framerate drops because of the extra compute required for the nested simulations we’re running, would we even notice? It stands to reason that everything would slow down, including our perception of the universe.
For all we know, the smallest unit of time we can measure in our simulated existence could take an hour or more to render outside the simulation. To us, it’s nearly instantaneous.
I was “yesterday evening” years old when I found out. lol. She used her normal speaking voice, but a few words sounded exactly like Bobby Hill was saying them, and that got my attention enough to look it up.