A Simulation Cosmology

Explores a rigorous scientific framework for the simulation hypothesis, distinguishing it from popular folklore and science fiction. By synthesizing principles from quantum field theory and quantum gravity, I demonstraes how spacetime, particles, and gravity can emerge mathematically from deeper quantum information processing. The argument relies on five key pillars—including holography and quantum error correction—to show that a simulated cosmos is a physically coherent possibility. There is a metaphysical "seam" that physics can prove the universe could be an implementation of a deeper substrate but cannot prove that it is. I also present a cosmological model where reality is viewed as a lawful emergent layer of a fundamental informational system.