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Letter: Getting to the bottom of the simulation mystery (2)

Published 14 January 2026

From Mike Glennon, Hastings, East Sussex, UK

I enjoyed Tim Rafferty’s letter about simulation time. However, many simulations run to an end to see a result and then decisions are made based on that result, so it would make sense to run the simulation as fast as possible. This raises the question: do those of us in the simulation experience time at the normal rate, or do we see time at the accelerated rate of the simulation?

Issue no. 3578 published 17 January 2026

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