> Maybe it’s a simulation being run for a purpose, and the beings running it care about the outcome. This sounds an awful lot like a higher being who sits in j

> Maybe it’s a simulation being run for a purpose, and the beings running it care about the outcome. This sounds an awful lot like a higher being who sits in judgement of their creation; and something that humanity seems to reach for very quickly. I was taught something similar as a child, but lost the belief when I was still quite young. I'd love to believe in a higher power or purpose because nihilism is quite a terrible experience. I often wonder if I'm just wired differently so in some way unable to believe things as others are or if a lifetime of chronic pain has revealed things to me that most people do not learn until they are older.