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If we were living in a simulation, how could we tell? (sh.itjust.works)
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Hoping to provoke some discussion with this. If we were sentient beings created inside of an advanced computer simulation, would we ever be able to tell? What signs do you think we’d see? And…do you think we are?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

The shadow test, multiple people pick a number randomly and keep picking a random number, if the number is the same your in a simulation. Source, the Veritas.