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However, we can never get experimental evidence for or against perfect simulation hypotheses. A nonsimulated world and a perfect simulation of it will seem exactly the same. So, according to the testability criterion, the hypothesis that we’re in a perfect simulation is not a scientific hypothesis. Instead, we can think of it as a philosophical hypothesis about the nature of our world.
Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy
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