The Fermi Paradox—the contradiction between the high probability of alien life and its lack of evidence—is resolved by the simulation hypothesis. A resource-constrained simulation would only render what an observer needs to see, leaving the rest of the cosmos computationally dormant to save processing power.
The history of mathematics is filled with examples, like Newton and Leibniz independently discovering calculus, where different people in isolation uncover the exact same mathematical systems. This suggests they are not inventing a language but discovering a pre-existing computational structure inherent to the universe itself.
The Fermi Paradox is strengthened by the concept of Von Neumann probes—self-replicating machines that could colonize a galaxy in a tiny fraction of its lifespan. The complete absence of these probes is harder to explain than the absence of biological life, as only one civilization in history would need to launch one.
Contrary to classical physics, space and time are not infinitely divisible. They break down at the "Planck length" and "Planck time," a smallest possible unit. This mirrors the necessary resolution limit of any finite computational system, like pixels on a screen or voxels in a game, suggesting reality is fundamentally digital.
The universe operates on roughly two dozen physical constants, like gravity's strength, that are tuned within incredibly narrow ranges to allow for life. A slight change in any one would make atoms, chemistry, or stars impossible. This precision is more analogous to calibrated game physics than a random cosmic event.
Purely abstract mathematical concepts, developed with no real-world application, are later found to be the precise language needed to describe physical reality. For example, Riemann's geometry for curved space sat unused for 60 years until Einstein required it for general relativity, proving the universe's 'code' was discoverable before its function was known.