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Coincidence in Unimaginable Scales of the Universe
March 27, 2025 Reading time: 7 minutes
This story is created for the YouTube video with the title "Coincidence in Unimaginable Scales of the Universe".
In our world, a few numbers describe the sizes of the most important objects and phenomena. Among them are the sizes of a proton, DNA, a human, the Moon, the Earth, the Sun, the Solar System, the Galaxy, and the observable Universe - only a dozen numbers. Any coincidences among these numbers should spark interest because the number of possibilities is limited. One cannot dismiss strange events as mere play of chance or numerology without first examining the total number of random occurrences. And for a set of just a dozen numbers, meaningful coincidences typically indicate an underlying fundamental regularity.
Are You Truly Alive if This World is a Simulation?
March 17, 2025 Reading time: 8 minutes
This story was created for the YouTube Video: Are You Truly Alive if This World is a Simulation?
There has been intense public debate about the nature of reality. Some philosophers, like Nick Bostrom, argue that future civilizations will be capable of running computer simulations in such vast numbers that the probability of us existing within one of these simulated universes is extremely high.
According to this hypothesis, our world is akin to a computer game - a simulation of a reality populated by conscious beings. It operates on a computational system that exists outside our perceived universe. This is not merely an abstract idea; multiple pieces of evidence suggest its plausibility.
A journey to infinity: Fractals
January 29, 2025 Reading time: 6 minutes
Imagine walking through a terrain that never repeats itself. It is a labyrinth of intricate patterns - mountains, branches, and valleys interwoven in endless complexity. No matter how much you zoom in, the details persist, evolving infinitely without repetition.
Such a journey compels you to ask two profound questions:
- What lies at the end of this road?
- Who or what created all of this?
The answer to the first question might appear simple at first glance. If it is proven - and you believe - that this road stretches infinitely, then every conceivable possibility must eventually arise. Shapes of all kinds will emerge along the way. You might even witness the letters of this story materializing before your eyes - or perhaps something resembling your own face. It is only a matter of time.
JFK, Lincoln and the computer simulation theory
November 20, 2024 Reading time: 9 minutes
The computer simulation theory (or "simulation hypothesis") is a concept that suggests the world we experience might be an artificial simulation. According to this hypothesis, everything we perceive - from the physical universe to our personal experiences - could be a simulation run by an advanced civilization, a post-human society, or post-human AI, among other possibilities.
