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by PeterisP 4344 days ago
An interesting point is that limitations on math (i.e., things that would be true regardless of the details of the physical world) would put limitations on any physics simulations - including hypothetical physics simulations done by someone outside of our universe with potentially different physical limitations.

So the point of the article is something like - if phenomenon-X can't be simulated by anyone, no matter how good their computers become; and if our universe is a simulation (which is a possibility), then our universe won't contain phenomenon-X.

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The problem is that there is no proof that there is any such thing as something that would be true regardless of the details of the physical world.