Ever since I read this xkcd comic https://xkcd.com/505/ https://xkcd.com/505/ I've suspected something like this - once you abstract a simulation of the univers

Ever since I read this xkcd comic https://xkcd.com/505/ https://xkcd.com/505/ I've suspected something like this - once you abstract a simulation of the universe this far, if you can accept that a person inside this simulation would not be able to tell that they were in a simulation, then it kind of raises the question of whether actually performing the simulation is necessary. I can't see why it would be. If that's the case, then it follows that "reality" is merely an expression of one possible consistent set of rules. Which solves a lot of mysteries, I think.