If someone thought we lived in an internally consistent simulation that is undetectable and inescapable, is it even worth discussing?
Not particularly.
Wouldn’t the practical implications of such a simulation imply the same things as the material world/reality/whatever you call it?
Absolutely.
Would it matter if we dropped “undetectable” from the proposed simulation? At what point would it begin to matter?
The point where you find a way to hack it, escape from the simulation and take over (their) world.
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Not particularly.
Absolutely.
The point where you find a way to hack it, escape from the simulation and take over (their) world.