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But you have to engage with it before you can find out whether you like it.

>If you can't tell the difference, and it's entertainment stop worrying about it.

At the end of the day it's a philosophical/existential choice. Not everyone would step into the awesome-life-simulator where you can't tell the difference. On similar grounds one might decide on principle to consume only human-made media, be a part of the dynamical system that is real human culture.



We have always been in the life simulator philosophically speaking. Everything is a construct, and the universe is mostly an existential horror. You're only chasing misery by trying to be the information vegan.


Radical solipsism, the ultimate philosophical cop-out...




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