From Matthew Stevens, Sydney, Australia
The question of whether we live in a simulation is of intellectual interest, but is ultimately irrelevant. Whether we live in the “real” universe or a simulation, we exist solely on account of its laws, and so we cannot ever leave. Communicating with any programmer, however (I imagine an acne-prone teenager with a universe simulator), might be possible, if we can show that information is more fundamental than matter. Just how, though, is an exercise left for the reader (13/20 December 2025, p 54).
