SCIENCE said:
New Modelling Suggests Reality Can Be Modelled By Models ¡¡¡
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“In this paper we discussed a possibility that the entire universe on its most fundamental level is a neural network. This is a very bold claim. We are not just saying that the artificial neural networks can be useful for analyzing physical systems or for discovering physical laws, we are saying that this is how the world around us actually works. With this respect it could be considered as a proposal for the theory of everything, and as such it should be easy to prove it wrong. All that is needed is to find a physical phenomenon which cannot be described by neural networks. Unfortunately (or fortunately) it is easier said than done.”
Actually, Science’s interpretation is correct. We’re going right back to the philosophy that the whole universe is just a computer simulation.
So far, there are a few physical phenomena that can’t be correctly modelled by models. Three that immediately come to mind are ball lightning, supernovae and diffuse interstellar bands. Computer models for all three abound, but none matches physical reality.