[evenw]

I agree. Strange phenomena at very small and very large scales seem like perfectly sensible optimization choices. Like the copenhagen interpretation of wave-particle duality (no need to simulate the particles until they are actually observed by an actant, just represent them as waves) or dark matter (no need to accurately simulate gravitational force at vast distances).

[simias]

I'm glad you bring up the Copenhagen interpretation because the first time I watched a video of Richard Feynman explaining the duality of quantum particles [1] all I could think was "hey, that looks like an optimization you could put in a game engine or something".

At least I hope we're open source...

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAgcqgDc-YM

[ck2]

Maybe there is a TRAC for life and we can file bug reports somewhere with optional patches.