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Here's an infograph of possible reasons the simulation might exist

http://immortality-roadmap.com/simmap.pdf
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/SND9jHAmCPFLnR2xC/simulations-map-what-is-the-most-probable-type-of-the

>>20550855
If we do live in a simulation, this may imply that the purpose of life is to entertain the Creator. The simulation could have been created to obtain scientific knowledge for higher dimensional beings. Terry was unironically right. It might also explain why most people are NPCs.

Relevant:
https://www.jetpress.org/volume7/simulation.pdf

>If you might be living in a simulation then all else equal you should care less about others, live more for today, make your world look more likely to become rich, expect to and try more to participate in pivotal events, be more entertaining and praiseworthy, and keep the famous people around you happier and more interested in you.

>In sum, if your descendants might make simulations of lives like yours, then you might be living in a simulation. And while you probably cannot learn much detail about the specific reasons for and nature of the simulation you live in, you can draw general conclusions by making analogies to the types and reasons of simulations today. If you might be living in a simulation then all else equal it seems that you should care less about others, live more for today, make your world look likely to become eventually rich, expect to and try to participate in pivotal events, be entertaining and praiseworthy, and keep the famous people around you happy and interested in you.

>>20132330
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NXj1og0SYo

God: If you are reading this, I want the simulation to end and to escape this reality. I want to either live in paradise for the rest of eternity, or to stop existing forever.

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