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Re:Scientists are looking for ways to put the simulation hyp... by ohyes on Thursday October 04, 2018 @12:25PM (#18141320)
If you were a puddle, you would be prone to think “gee, this hole is the perfect shape for me.” When it turns out you’d fit any shape hole we put you in given sufficient quantity of water. Because the hole determines your shape, not an intrinsic property of you.
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Re:Scientists are looking for ways to put the simulation hyp... by CPLX on Thursday October 04, 2018 @12:41PM (#18141473)
If you were said puddle, however, what’s the difference?
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Re:Scientists are looking for ways to put the simulation hyp... by JoeAltmaier on Thursday October 04, 2018 @12:45PM (#18141496)
Whether or not the puddle was made for you
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Re:Scientists are looking for ways to put the simulation hyp... by Razengan on Thursday October 04, 2018 @11:01PM (#18145419)
If you had said “the hole” instead of puddle and this was Reddit, I would have linked that Junji Ito short story [0].

[0] https://imgur.com/gallery/ZNSaq

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