>>>If you were to write a computer simulation of the universe based on special relativity, you would only be simulating the universe according to one observer.
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>>>In order to reproduce the measurements of another observer a whole other simulation would have to be run in addition to original.
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>>>That could be seen as a weakness of special relativity. In other words, an open problem for scientists is how to write a single computer simulation of a universe that accounts for the relativistic measurements of all observers.
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>>Mike,
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>>The current issue of Scientific American has an article about black holes that suggests that there may a preferred frame of reference and that special relativity is only an approximation of reality.
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>>Very interesting article.
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>Yep. This one deserves some attention too:
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>http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17159653-13762,00.html
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>Reg, in my opinion, is the front runner for a "next big something" as opposed to string theory or loop quantum gravity.

I posted this before, but just in case you didn't see it. This guy is also worth checking out.