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If we were living in a simulation, how could we tell? (sh.itjust.works)
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Hoping to provoke some discussion with this. If we were sentient beings created inside of an advanced computer simulation, would we ever be able to tell? What signs do you think we’d see? And…do you think we are?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

You could also argue all scientists (physicists, biologists, chemists, ...) to be hackers that constantly find new tricks and glitches in the underlying algorithm of the universe...