Sure, you'll need a god to program the simulation, though.

ER — 8/30/2023 11:44:17 PM (archived)

I wouldn't worry about this. If we have no way of knowing the difference between a sim and the real thing, then it really doesn't matter, does it?

This is one of the great insights of Existentialism. We perceive only a tiny piece of the universe with our senses, that which evolution has equipped us to see, however imperfectly, in order to live long enough to reproduce. In other words, the "objective" universe is irrelevant to us, we only get to deal with our subjective perception of it.

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Could the Universe be a giant quantum computer? - RL - 8/26/2023 4:01:02 PM
- Looking for the creator is a stupid idea. The question of who created the creator will always remain. - RobVG - 9/3/2023 8:06:44 PM
  - Not my intent at all - RL - 9/4/2023 4:22:18 PM
    - I wasn't talking about you specifically. - RobVG - 9/5/2023 4:53:24 PM
    - As for the nerd-deity that coded it all - RL - 9/4/2023 5:54:41 PM
- A question - BuckGalaxy - 8/29/2023 8:47:24 PM
  - Sure, you'll need a god to program the simulation, though. - ER - 8/30/2023 11:44:17 PM
    - "In other words, the “objective” universe is irrelevant to us, we only get to deal with our subjective perception of it...." - RL - 9/4/2023 5:26:55 PM
      - It's only there if you are looking at it. - BuckGalaxy - 9/4/2023 8:51:55 PM
    - An interesting thought - BuckGalaxy - 9/1/2023 12:23:14 AM
      - It wouldn't show up on the molecular level - RL - 9/4/2023 4:38:27 PM
- The distinction may be purely linguistic - ER - 8/26/2023 5:07:00 PM
  - But it does matter... - RL - 8/26/2023 7:34:16 PM
    - I'm not sure I follow you. - ER - 8/26/2023 8:00:34 PM
      - Numerical Analysis - a digression - ER - 8/26/2023 8:38:45 PM

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