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A Reddit theorist connects two of science's biggest mysteries — sleep and simulated reality — arguing that sleep might be the simulation's way of "processing" us.
Simulation TheoryConsciousness TheoryOccam's RazorReductive Materialism
Theory Briefing
- The biological purpose of sleep remains scientifically unresolved, making it fertile ground for simulation-theory speculation.
- The theory proposes that sleep is a forced pause in the simulation, allowing the system to run background processes on conscious beings.
- Simulation Theory predicts that a resource-limited universe would need efficiency mechanisms — and nightly unconsciousness fits that model suspiciously well.