Are flowers really blooming in my garden, as they seem to be? Am I really a philosopher from Australia, as I seem to be? My opponent says, “No, these are mere illusions, and in reality there are no flowers and no Australia.” I say, “Yes, there are really flowers blooming in the garden, and I am really from Australia.” If my whole world is a simulation, flowers are ultimately digital objects, and Australia is ultimately digital, too, but this is no obstacle to the flowers blooming and to my being Australian.
