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by chii 856 days ago
Another simulation. It's turtles all the way up and all the way down.

We, too, one day, will do a simulation, and thus the depth continues on indefinitely.

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We already do, they're just much more primitive than our reality and very limited in the scope of what they simulate.

If we're in a simulation, it's possible the same is true. That our reality only is a simulation of some parts of the reality above ours, and at a lower fidelity.

> at a lower fidelity.

that doesn't need to be true. The simulation could be at "full fidelity" - just slow(er) than their reality.

But it doesn't matter for the simulated persons - they cannot tell the difference.