I hold the philosophical position that if two things are indistinguishable, their difference is irrelevant.

"What if we live in a simulation?" -- irrelevant
"What if you couldn't tell the difference between taking to a computer and a real person?" -- irrelevant

But more precisely, it's begging the question to say "imagine something was indistinguishable, now how would you treat it differently???"

@nomi I agree with this viewport and is why, as an atheist, I find the argument of a non-interventionist god even more infuriating than one who is constant performing miracles. If the existence or non-existence of a god makes no different to our reality then the whole idea is irrelevant and should be discarded.

@rlamacraft I hear you, and don't necessarily disagree. I would suggest that if there is no correct answer, then neither result is the wrong answer. So both stances are valid

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