Some people believe that the reality we experience is a simulation run by some super-advanced machine. Okay, it might be. But I wonder how these people can function while holding this belief?

Because, in my opinion, if you believe that reality is simulated, then there is very little reason to believe that anybody but you is conscious in this simulation. You could conceivably be a creature of some sort playing a single-player game, and everything and everyone else could be an NPC.

Consider this next time you look into a loved one’s eyes: to be rational, some people must believe that when they look at their child, there is nothing there.

And then I recommend you immediately forget all of this.

It would make a good horror story though . . .