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59 How the metaverse (and quantum physics) could prove our universe is a fake

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Tristan Greene @ The Next Web 1 place · 04/15/2022 15:16 EDT

How the metaverse (and quantum physics) could prove our universe is a fake

Our universe is a ridiculous place. It’s where all the silliest things we’re aware of happen. And chief among the silliness is the wacky idea of time. Don’t get me wrong, the metaverse is a strong second. Especially Facebook’s Meta’s agonizingly dysfunctional approach to building it. But time’s even stranger than changing the name of the world’s most widely-known technology company to something that literally means “self-referential.” Time is the opposite of self-referential. If it exists in a tangible, phy

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