> it would have to run at greater than real time, no? Not for the people in the simulation : ) We'd just be self-conscious byte code. Which actually is the qu

> it would have to run at greater than real time, no? Not for the people in the simulation : ) We'd just be self-conscious byte code. Which actually is the question Iain Banks brings up. They want to run simulations on how a society will respond to a political action, but that would imply creating self-conscious byte-code in the simulation. And wouldn't that be genocide when they turn off the sim? So maybe the only ethical thing is to never turn off the sim...