Well yes. I wasn’t claiming that “why is there suffering” is a new question. Just that I haven’t seen it applied to the simulation hypothesis before (if it has been discussed before, I’d be interested in links).
And religion can’t really answer this question. All they can do is dodge it with non-answers like “God’s ways are unknowable”. Non-answers like that become even more unsatisfactory when you replace ‘God’ with ‘future humans’.
Just that I haven’t seen it applied to the simulation hypothesis before
Well, the simulation hypothesis is essentially equivalent to saying our world was made by God the Creator so a lot of standard theology is applicable X-)
And religion can’t really answer this question.
What, do you think, can really answer this question?
This is commonly known as theodicy.
Well yes. I wasn’t claiming that “why is there suffering” is a new question. Just that I haven’t seen it applied to the simulation hypothesis before (if it has been discussed before, I’d be interested in links).
And religion can’t really answer this question. All they can do is dodge it with non-answers like “God’s ways are unknowable”. Non-answers like that become even more unsatisfactory when you replace ‘God’ with ‘future humans’.
Well, the simulation hypothesis is essentially equivalent to saying our world was made by God the Creator so a lot of standard theology is applicable X-)
What, do you think, can really answer this question?