My friend had this theory. Seems pretty logical right?:
So if you simulated the universe as it is right now, it would have a simulation of the device you are using it to simulate inside the simulation, right? And that means, that by extension there is a simulation above you simulating you and one above that and so on and so forth (which means you didn't really come into existence until you created the simulation). And since these simulations are deterministic, they should all be identical to each other. So if you altered the simulation below you, the operator of the simulation above you would do the same. Therefore, by figuring out how to simulate the universe, you can alter it indirectly.
So if you simulated the universe as it is right now, it would have a simulation of the device you are using it to simulate inside the simulation, right? And that means, that by extension there is a simulation above you simulating you and one above that and so on and so forth (which means you didn't really come into existence until you created the simulation). And since these simulations are deterministic, they should all be identical to each other. So if you altered the simulation below you, the operator of the simulation above you would do the same. Therefore, by figuring out how to simulate the universe, you can alter it indirectly.
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