A Survival Guide for Living in the Simulation
Philosophy Now|August/September 2020
Harry Whitnall considers how best to react if you find out that the world isn’t real.
Harry Whitnall
A Survival Guide for Living in the Simulation

It’s Sunday. You wake up after a very pleasant sleep. You feel good. You decide to check your email. You have one new email in your inbox; and what d’you know, it’s from Elon Musk! It contains clear evidence that your entire universe is a simulation; and the words ‘Don’t show this to anyone’. Your whole reality is simulated – everything you know, everyone you love, and even yourself are all an intricate collection of ones and zeros! What now?

This story is from the August/September 2020 edition of Philosophy Now.

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