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Are we living in a simulation?

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The Meaning of Virtual Reality and Meaninglessness

i think sometimes the word meaningful gets used interchangeably with the word real. Can something be meaningful without being real at the same time? And if something is meaningful despite not being real, is it every bit as consequential or as important? I mean, certainly there are meaningful things that are not real. So i don't think reality and meaningfulness are exactly the same thing.

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