# Sim-Descartes

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**Created:** [May 1, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/sim-descartes/149 "2020-05-01T13:29:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/sim-descartes/149/1 "2020-05-01T13:29:41Z")

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Originally published at: [Sim-Descartes | The Eldraeverse](https://eldraeverse.com/2020/05/01/sim-descartes/)  
   
Well, last month was kind of crappy, productivity-wise, what with one damn thing after another going wrong in non-writing-friendly ways, even without the coronavirus. Let’s hope this coming month works out better. In the meantime, I hope the lack of posting here has been in some way compensated for by my second venture into self-fanfic. Proposition: A consequence of the theory of information physics (“it is bit”) is that it renders the simulation argument moot with regards to reality-as-it-is, inasmuch as ontogeny has no bearing on current status. Defend or refute this proposition. If defending the proposition, explain how the…

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**Author:** ![Maximilian\_Crichton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Maximilian\_Crichton](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/u/Maximilian_Crichton)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/sim-descartes/149/2 "2020-05-01T21:46:38Z")

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It thinks, therefore it is.

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**Author:** ![zakueins](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/eldraeverse.discourse.group/zakueins/32/65_2.png) [@zakueins](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/u/zakueins)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/sim-descartes/149/3 "2020-05-02T14:58:03Z")

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What would the eldrae think of the philosophy of [Marcus Aurelius](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius)? Oddly enough, I think they would say “close, but way too humble.”