> given the richness that we see around us, what is the difference between a "simulation" and something that isn't a simulation? One thought that stayed with m

> given the richness that we see around us, what is the difference between a "simulation" and something that isn't a simulation? One thought that stayed with me for a while is, my entire experience could, theoretically, be encoded in (a rather large) integer and in the same way that the number 2 exists in many contexts maybe I exist simultaneously in reality and multiple simulations as well.