[squozzer]

The notion of simplification, which I hadn't considered, might explain - if testable - certain things such as Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, i.e. limiting the precision with which one can measure a particle's position or momentum would make it more difficult to discover the underlying true reality.

I'm tempted to use Occam's Razor but probably can't because the simulation hypothesis assumes an intelligence created it. And intelligent beings have demonstrated more than once the capability for subterfuge.

I think to test the simulation hypothesis one might have to assume a couple of things - 1) the sim has resource constraints, otherwise the creator might as well build a real universe (thanks to Pete Bonani of Falcon 4.0 for sharing a similar insight); 2) every object in the sim has a state and a function which acts upon that state.

I'm not sure how someone inside a sim might test these assumptions though I suppose we could try making babies and hopes that overloads the sim before we run out of food.

[AnimalMuppet]

Occam's Razor doesn't disprove the idea. It merely suggests that it is a less likely explanation.

[tiatia]

I am not sure that Occams Razor speaks against it.

1. Reality can be simulated (to different degrees) 2. If realities can be simulated, it is more likely that you are living in a simulation than in the real world.

By the way, the "simulated" hypothesis is scientifically testable ("stacking" problem).