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In his recent book, "Story Messenger," Charles Liu reflects on what a simulated world would be and uses that as evidence that we're not in a simulated world. He says that a simulated world is created by computers, which are absolutely logical, and that no set of computers would ever create the world we live in. This is based on the argument that our world is "inane" in every way, and computers have a higher integrity than that.
So in my recent book, Story Messenger, I reflect on what a simulated world would be and I use that as evidence that we're not in a simulated world.
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In his recent book, "Story Messenger," Charles Liu reflects on what a simulated world would be and uses that as evidence that we're not in a simulated world. He says that a simulated world is created by computers, which are absolutely logical, and that no set of computers would ever create the world we live in. This is based on the argument that our world is "inane" in every way, and computers have a higher integrity than that.
So in my recent book, Story Messenger, I reflect on what a simulated world would be and I use that as evidence that we're not in a simulated world.
You know what it is? A simulated world is created by computers and computers are absolutely logical.
And so no set of computers would ever create the world we live in.
So it's the inanity defense. It's like Earth is inane in every way, computers have higher integrity than that, even in a simulation.