> It leads me to think there's no possible way we're not living in some type of computer simulation. I find this line of reasoning inadequate. In the 19th cent

> It leads me to think there's no possible way we're not living in some type of computer simulation. I find this line of reasoning inadequate. In the 19th century, would you not be compelled to believe that the universe was made of mechanical pulleys, levers, and pipes because the universe operated with the perfection of a well-designed machine? OK, so there are some phenomena that correlate (bear a resemblance to) with how computers behave. well, there are phenomena that correlate with a great many number of things; we shouldn't be surprised that computers and information theory are one of them