IN MINECRAFT
First, the authors would like to thank the authors of "Consequences of Undecidability in Physics on the Theory of Everything" (Journal of Holography Applications in Physics Volume 5, Issue 2, Spring 2025, 10â21) for their work mathematically proving that quantum gravity means the universe cannot be a simulation.
This paper builds on their work by noting that its proof relies only on intrinsic limits to any algorithmic program and extending that to an example better-understood than quantum gravity. And we do this without unnecessary symbols.
Our argument is as follows:
The axiom set generating Minecraft is Turing complete. As a result, GĂśdelâs incompleteness theorems apply. We could do this the Science(tm) way and say "Define F(M) = {L(M), ÎŁ(M), R(alg)}, where R(alg) is the general rules of algorithmic computation, ÎŁ(M) is the set of applicable axioms, and L(M) is the first-order language with symbols denoting objects and relations within Minecraft." Or we could not do that and just say "assume for the sake of argument that Minecraft is based on a specific set of laws that I personally don't happen to know but in theory definitely exist."
Therefore, there exist statements within Minecraft physics that are true but unprovable. This is just incompleteness. Like in physics, these GĂśdel sentences correspond to empirically meaningful facts. Specific states or events, maybe they involve something complicated with a redstone computer or maybe they don't, but there are definitely true statements it's impossible to prove from within Minecraft. It follows that a wholly algorithmic âTheory of Minecraftââ is impossible: certain facets will remain computationally undecidable and can be accessed only through non-algorithmic understanding.
Because any putative theory of simulationism would itself be algorithmic, every truth must be algorithmically generated.
Therefore, the simulation hypothesis is not only implausible but mathematically disproven and Minecraft cannot be a simulation.
Data availability: This paper is not based on any data or the data has not been made available. In case you hadn't guessed.
If anyone has an academic affiliation, please feel free to write this up for the Journal of Apparently Eleven-Day Peer Review. I want coauthor credit.



















