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14 Aug 2020, 8:01 am

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I'd heard about the cyclic universe, but hadn't considered wars. Also, this coronavirus Covid-19 is perhaps like a reboot.


Why would a sentient entity create a simulation that involved so much suffering?
Think about that. ;)

because humans only learn when things are tough.


I'm not human. Why do I have to suffer? :scratch:

because you live on the same planet as other humans.



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15 Aug 2020, 8:24 am

Or perhaps the simulation is a historical recreation--events that already happened, that future beings are assessing for some purpose..like we do with weather simulations or past climatic events.



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15 Aug 2020, 10:12 am

Pepe wrote:
AspieLater wrote:
I'd heard about the cyclic universe, but hadn't considered wars. Also, this coronavirus Covid-19 is perhaps like a reboot.


Why would a sentient entity create a simulation that involved so much suffering?
Think about that. ;)


you're suffering just for the fun and entertainment of some pudgy kid who is playing Grand Theft Auto on his play station in his basement in a house in a another, bigger Universe.

And that pudgy kid is...about to die in agony in a nuclear strike, because HE himself is just a character in a World of War Craft game being played by another, even bigger, pudgy kid, who lives in another BIGGER universe.

And THAT kid is...just a character in a game of Farmville, being played by.....