I’ve been trying to make an abstract physics/philosophy idea testable by turning it into a pool-table simulator.
The idea is to compare normal physics with an experimental “next state prediction” model. Instead of starting with causality as the main concept, the experimental side asks: given the current state of the system, what next state is the most coherent continuation?
Pool is useful because it is visually simple: balls move, collide, bounce off walls, and either the prediction works or it visibly goes wrong.
This is very much a toy model, not a grand claim about physics. But I’m interested in whether this kind of simulator could be a useful way to test ideas about causality, information, and dynamic similarity rather than just discussing them in words.
Any feedback or ideas, let me know.
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