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Re:Constraints on the Universe as a Numerical Simulation (2012) by komali2 on Friday October 14, 2016 @01:38PM (#12709739)
I'm not sure I buy into that, because we haven't been able to draw a strict line between what a "player" and "npc" would potentially be.
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Re:Constraints on the Universe as a Numerical Simulation (2012) by sliken on Friday October 14, 2016 @01:42PM (#12709781)
Players = gods. NPC = rest of us.
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Re:Constraints on the Universe as a Numerical Simulation (2012) by akvadrako on Saturday October 15, 2016 @04:05AM (#12713191)
The players are those lucky few that have an internal voice and their own agency. They can do almost whatever they want, as long as they can figure out how.

NPCs are more like walking zombies and have to fill the role they were born into.

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