Rui didn't delve into the topic of metaphysics very often, but with everything that he learned, he couldn't help but ponder the nature of reality. He used to think that the material universe was the core of reality and the information dimension was a tertiary plane where all this information was recorded.
Now, he increasingly felt like the material universe was simply… a holographic projection of the information dimension.
An illusion.
"Almost like a simulation."
He used to dismiss Simulation Theory as an explanation for the nature and origin of the universe, but now he found it difficult to deny.
"Maybe this universe is simply a simulation being run in a higher universe, in the labs of a university filled with higher lifeforms observing how a lower-dimensional universe unfolds under certain conditions."
He smiled bitterly. "I'm not sure I could adaptively evolve to that."
