Opinion: Big World Hypothesis as the Traveling Salesman Problem
_Stocko_ · x · 2026-08-19
User Stocko suggested that the 'Big World Hypothesis' might be like the Traveling Salesman Problem. While the concept is real, building higher and higher fidelity approximations (simulations) may end up being sufficient without needing a perfect simulation.
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