Are We Living in a Simulated World? (Paywall)
Probably not, but the idea is just crazy enough to be worth taking seriously.
MAYBE (February 17) —
IfALL THIS is
is a simulation
and nothing
REALLY
exists,
why care at all about
Donald J. Trump?
(Or any other
toxic prognosis?)
Why care at all about border walls?
Whether he rises, whether he falls?
Is divinely inspired or devil's spawn?
A beginning, THE END, or denouement?
Were Donnie to vanish, as if by magic,
if the gods hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete,
if the system rebooted, would it better suit us
if Donnie were turned into dead meat?
Some “winners” would “lose”,
some “losers” would “win”
as LIFE requires.
(Even for viruses.)