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by cyberax 2 days ago
> Some years ago I was playing with the idea that the Reality might invent new laws when people look for them, and doesn't bother with laws when no one observes them

There are several books from Greg Egan with this idea in mind: Permutation City and Distress. The latter one is exactly about this idea.

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Wow, thank you. I'd love to learn what others are capable to come up with starting with these premises.
Distress sounds like "Distributed Solipsism".