Simulation Hypothesis

Physics & computation

Matter fidelity

Definition

Matter fidelity is how finely a simulation represents physical matter. It runs from coarse statistical summaries, to individual particles, to full quantum states.

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The Matter floor ladder, from Painted set to Quantum, fully entangled. It’s the dial that matters most for the total.

Role in the model

The Matter floor is the dial that matters most for the total. Other dials move it by a factor of ten or so. This one moves it by fifty orders of magnitude, from Painted set to Quantum, fully entangled.

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