Does the Covid-19 pandemic prove that we are living in a Matrix-like reality?

Melvin Vopson, an associate professor at the University of Portsmouth, investigated the behavior of the Covid virus during the pandemic and concluded: there was no virus and no pandemic. And we do not exist. The Universe does not exist. We are all living in a simulation created by some supercomputer or higher intelligence. To believe or not to believe? Let's delve into it.

FACTS IN THE STUDIO

Vopson discovered: only 1.08% of SARS-CoV-2 strain variants increased their nucleotide count, while 98.92% mutated by "deleting" nucleotides. In his view, this is impossible through natural evolution, as per Darwin. However, it is characteristic of a computer program's behavior. This implies: the virus was indeed a program. And what about us, who survived it? Well, we are, of course, just the same. We merely perceive ourselves as solid, made of flesh and blood. It's all just an illusion.

Not being specialists in such nuances, we consulted virologist, molecular biologist, and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Pyotr Chumakov: what does all this mean?

- I have no idea where the esteemed physicist got these numbers and what they mean, - admitted Pyotr Mikhailovich, - It seems he has seriously misunderstood something due to a lack of biological knowledge. The fact is, this virus has numerous variants, and its evolution is an exceedingly complex process. It’s crucial to understand that initially, the virus was "adapted" to living in bats, and later it had to "accommodate" itself to humans. Suppose we see that most variants of the strain evolve by shedding nucleotides, while a smaller portion increases their count. So what? There are no rules indicating they "should" evolve this way; in reality, it was different.

The notion that the patterns noted (or invented) by Vopson somehow suggest that the virus is a computer simulation seems strange to Pyotr Chumakov:

- We all enjoy fantasizing in our spare time. For instance, I often ponder the origins of life. Did it come from space, or did it emerge on Earth? Is there a Creator behind the emergence of life – in a broad sense, not necessarily a supernatural being? But as scientists, we must remain grounded in facts. Here, I see neither facts nor grounding, - says Pyotr Chumakov.

Overall, it is evident that Vopson's understanding of Darwin's theory is somewhat simplistic, viewing it as a completely random process. This is certainly not the case. The theory posits that Nature generates a large (but not infinite) number of variants allowed by its own laws. Then the environment comes into play, and certain variants turn out to be unsuccessful and go extinct, while others thrive. Thus, natural selection does NOT appear random.

We know this well, as natural selection operates not just in the living world; it is a universal law. For example, the first generation of stars was abundant with "dinosaurs" and other strange forms that are no longer present – they went extinct.

Does the Covid-19 pandemic prove that we live in a Matrix?

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IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD

Melvin Vopson finds himself at the center of controversial attention for the second time in six months. Remember, last autumn, a certain physicist claimed: The Bible confirms that we live in a Matrix. That was indeed Melvin Vopson.

Vopson was struck by the words that begin the Gospel of John: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." The Word! – he raised a finger, but what is it? Certainly, it refers to information, computer code. Thus, the Bible suggests that the world began with some code governed by God-the-programmer ("The Word was with God"). However, it is unclear what "The Word was God" means - Is He also a simulation? But those are just details, and the main point is:

- This viewpoint aligns with religious beliefs that consider human life meaningful and purposeful, even in the context of a larger design. Instead of viewing the hypothesis of a simulated Universe as contradictory to religious beliefs, it can be seen as a new opportunity, - Vopson wrote.

But even here, it turned out like with the nucleotides: Bible specialists simply shrugged. The Word (in Greek "logos") is one of the fundamental ideas of ancient philosophy, representing the organizing principle in contrast to Chaos. The world was Chaos, which the Creator transformed into order (in Greek, order is "Cosmos") through the Word. In fact, the Old Testament speaks to the same: "And God said, let there be light. And there was light."

Interestingly, ancient writings indeed contain prophecies about the Matrix. For instance, Plato believed that only the world of ideas is real, while our supposedly material world is merely a shadow of the true one, an illusion. Yet Vopson somehow overlooked such valuable insights. Has he not read Plato? Did he think the Bible would generate more hype?

ANOTHER THEORY OF EVERYTHING

In his constructs, Vopson constantly references the second law of infodynamics. However, there’s a catch: this law, along with the entire field of infodynamics, was "discovered" by Vopson himself in 2022. This means that the entire construct exists solely in his mind.

The essence of the infodynamics law is: information has mass; it is dark matter. Elementary particles are akin to bytes or bits, the smallest carriers of information. Simply put, the world consists not of matter but of data, of computer code.

You won’t find serious articles critiquing (or praising) infodynamics. The scientific community deemed it such nonsense that they don’t even waste time criticizing it. However, it is the practical applications (to the Bible, to viruses) of this new "science" that are more nonsensical. The field itself is a predictable product of the deadlock and crisis in which modern physics finds itself.

Interestingly, ancient writings indeed contain prophecies about the Matrix

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EVERYTHING AROUND IS SO DARK

I now have the task of explaining, in a couple of paragraphs, what the deadlock and crisis in physics entail. It’s a challenging task, but I will try.

The theory of relativity and quantum mechanics have been individually confirmed by thousands of experiments. However, they do not align with each other. The worst part is that we do not understand where gravity comes from, and thus, mass.

It is believed that mass is generated by the oscillations of some "Higgs field." The condensation of this field, the Higgs boson, seems to have been found at the Large Hadron Collider, but there's a problem: its parameters do not match the calculations. Furthermore, the collider failed to detect any accompanying effects that would be expected within this framework.

Meanwhile, astronomers observe that something seems to be pushing the Universe apart. Physicists have labeled this phenomenon "dark energy," but they cannot identify its carrier. Additionally, astronomers note that there appears to be excess mass collected in galaxies. Let's call this "dark matter," which doesn’t clarify anything.

On one side, there’s that. On the other, within quantum mechanics itself, there are numerous oddities, such as violations of causality (the connection between cause and effect). To address this, some propose the concept of multiple universes (multiverse) or parallel worlds. Yet, like dark energy and dark matter, no one has ever seen them.

In such a situation, it is not surprising that numerous exotic theories arise. For instance, that there are no "electrons" or "positrons," but rather a single electron or positron that appears simultaneously in different slices of space-time. Or that we live in a simulation. The latter idea is primarily explored by philosophers. Vopson is one of the few physicists attempting to "ground" it in the real world.

Why doesn’t he formulate equations or publish in physics journals? Why all this fuss about infodynamics, the Bible, and Covid?

THE SECRET OF INFORMATION

In reality, Vopson’s goal was noble: to understand what information is.

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