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This Cartoon Explains Why Elon Musk Thinks We’re Characters in a Computer Simulation. He Might Be Right.

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This Cartoon Explains Why Elon Musk Thinks We’re Characters in a Computer Simulation. He Might Be Right.

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If we are in a simulation, then there exists some higher-level being — albeit very different from an all-powerful, benevolent one. But that being is us, or a future version of us. (via) ^rwhi817419024