Through the Wormhole - atoms = pixels

[jkoenig00]

In one of the episodes of Into the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman he compares atomic particles to those of pixels in a video game. Like you can only zoom in so far until even the world that we live in becomes pixelated. For the question that I have, lets assume this is true. After considering this, it seems that if our universe is being compared to a computer, then would the speed of light be the maximum processor speed? If so, what could that mean? I was just thinking about this and i don't know if any research has been done on this, but I figured a forum would be a good start. Thanks!

[Spyman]

If the Universe is an enormous computer simulation, how do you think we could notice or verify that reality?

 

Are You Living In a Computer Simulation?

Edited November 15, 2010 by Spyman

[swansont]

Pixelization sounds like an analogy to quantum mechanics. Processor speed as an analogy for relativity might go something like processor speed * size of instructions is a constant, but that's still not very good.