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[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 2 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

That's so many nested assumptions, lol:

Assumption table

  1. Graduate student in academia
  2. Running a simulation for data
  3. For a conference
  4. Haskell

The probability value of all four being true simultaneously approaches ≈0%

Don't forget the sheer, mind-destroying size of the universe, and its age.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 25 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Come on, it doesn't work like this. You can disprove the funny theory only if you give us an even more ridiculous one in it's stead.

[–] muzzle@lemmy.zip 8 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Don't forget the sheer, mind-destroying size of the universe, and its age.

Most of it is empty. The trick is lazy evaluation.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago

Our telescopes eats up CPU cycles fast, the poor blokes cloud server will come with an unsuspecting bill this month...

[–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 5 points 16 hours ago

Yeah, it uses a simplified model unless you look too close. That's how you get those funny quantum effects. Although, I have to say, great sativa, dude

[–] Supervisor194@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Don't forget the sheer, mind-destroying size of the universe, and its age.

I mean, if it's really a simulation, all of that would be... simulated.

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 0 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I know; I'm just fishing out counter-examples and counter-arguments.