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Okay so this is just weed dude science theory off the top of my head but like how does lightning "know" where the most efficient source of releasing its energy would be? If that is silly well the particle slit experiment is still pretty requiring of explanation. So, at the lowest level, if everything is pixelated, then everything simply moves from one spot to the very next spot, if time is pixelated then same. So if there is any retroactive shit well it doesn't have to solve for any of it because there was no moment of observation or interaction for any of that. And if this is a simulation then that's fine. And idk if there is like a gap between two points like, well there must always be a gap. So idk maybe there is a retroactive movement from one point to the next through a gap but if it's all pixels, then things can only move six ways so there isn't ever going to be a point where particles cross paths. So the gap is explained I guess if there is one. And idk pixels are always just pixels like a object doesn't move across your computer screen it's just different pixels lighting up. So particles themselves aren't even there and everything is just a "wave" of changing pixels
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>>16785535
>how does lightning "know" where the most efficient source of releasing its energy would be?
It doesn't.
"Current follows the path of least resistance" is an oversimplification.
Current follows all possible paths at once to varying degrees. Paths with less resistance naturally get proportionately more of it. This is kinda like asking how water "knows" to flow out your tap and not through the walls of your plumbing.

The rest of your post isn't coherent.
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>>16785535
Same way a river "knows" its course. Direction of least resistance.
Pixels are irrelevant, (1) the whole "everything is quantised" idea might be wrong, (2) it's so small it doesn't matter for macro phenomena anyway
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>>16785535
The universe is not pixelated, anon. You should never mistake quantization for pixelation. They are two quite different principles.Combinations of quantized position values can result in essentially any physical location.
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>>16786302
goddamn I hate him so much it's just bs like one time I was at the bar with my whore ex and idk that fucking bitch I swear I just leaned in closer to tell her something and she leaned back, I guess thinking I was going to kiss her? yeah right uggly bitch



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