Simulation Queue
Two people dismiss the simulation hypothesis while standing in a queue inside a discrete-event simulation program.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2021-01-01-simulation-queue/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
A: "Do you ever wonder if we live in a simulation?" B: "No. That's ridiculous."
[Inside an Arena simulation software window: a queue of stick figures between Arrival, Service and Exit boxes] A: "What kind of sick god would simulate a whole universe that's just a neverending queue?" B: "Good point. Only a sociopath would simulate this."
