The idea of simulation is no longer just the domain of science fiction it has entered the discussions of philosophy and physics as well.
The question “Could reality be software?” actually opens the door to a much deeper debate:
Is what we call choice truly ours, or is it the execution of a code written at the very beginning of the universe?
If Simulation Is a Model, Superdeterminism Is Its Logic
The simulation hypothesis asks us to think of the universe as software.
Codes, rules, algorithms… everything proceeds in a certain order. But what if this order is absolute?
This is where superdeterminism comes in.
Superdeterminism claims that there is no randomness in the universe.
Not even in quantum mechanics is there true probability; everything has been determined from the very beginning.
Even the fact that you are reading these lines right now was coded into reality in the first moments of the universe billions of years ago.
If this is true, then the idea of simulation is not just a metaphor; it is a powerful possibility for explaining the functioning of the universe.
Just as the lines of a program completely determine how a computer operates, the codes of the universe may be determining everything from your thoughts to your choices.
Is Freedom an Illusion?
This is the sharpest edge of the simulation debate:
If everything is written in advance, then what we call free will may be nothing more than a feeling.
Just like when you play a game and think “I am choosing” but in fact the program has already opened only one path for you.
Superdeterminism says the same: what you think of as your choice is actually a necessary outcome that has existed since the very beginning of the universe.
So the question “Could I have done otherwise?” is logically impossible.
Because there was only ever one possibility: what has already happened.
Religious and Metaphysical Echoes
This debate parallels the concept of kader (destiny) in religious texts.
The question “Has everything already been written?” has haunted the human mind for centuries.
The simulation metaphor translates this question into a modern language: Perhaps destiny is nothing more than divine coding or the logic of the system itself.
Some contemporary Islamic thinkers relate superdeterminism to destiny and say: “Even if human freedom is an illusion, moral responsibility does not disappear.
Because inside the game, you still feel as though you are making choices and that feeling is part of the purpose of the experience itself.”
A Bridge Between Science and Philosophy
For physicists, superdeterminism removes quantum randomness and reduces the universe to a completely causal structure.
For philosophers, it is a radical thesis that challenges human freedom at its very roots.
And the simulation idea unites these two domains: If the universe is a system, then the functioning of this system is already written in the language of superdeterminism.
Conclusion: Understanding the Illusion
When the simulation hypothesis and superdeterminism come together, the result is a provocative conclusion:
Free will may be a feeling, not a reality.
All of our life’s “choices” may have already been determined at the beginning of the system.
But this illusion the sense that we are free may be the most necessary part of the game.
Because it is what makes the experience real.
Now a Question for You:
If freedom itself is a simulation, does that make life meaningless or does it give life its deepest design?
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