>Every material interaction is simulated. If you believe that consciousness can't exist in the simulation, then you believe that consciousness is not a material

>Every material interaction is simulated. If you believe that consciousness can't exist in the simulation, then you believe that consciousness is not a material interaction I think that is missing the point. You are literally changing the material and medium by conducting a simulation. Releasing simulated energy within a simulation is not identical to releasing real energy in the real world. The former is purely representational, and even a perfectly simulated object retains this property, and lack of equivalence. a simulated atom is not a real atom, no mater their similarlity.