“Assuming the simulators, or at least the early generations of them, have a very advanced knowledge of the laws of Nature, it's likely that they would still have incomplete knowledge of them. …gradually the little flaws will begin to build up. …The only escape is if their creatures intervene to patch up the problems one by one as they arise.”

— John D. Barrow

"Glitch," New Scientist (June 7, 2003)

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