# Are We Just A Computer Simulation?

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**Created:** [October 12, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-just-a-computer-simulation/952375 "2021-10-12T21:18:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-just-a-computer-simulation/952375/22 "2021-10-13T00:37:34Z")

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> [@Max\_S](#):
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> Can’t we simulate magnetic fields in the abstract?

Simulated magnetic fields won’t turn a motor. My point is. You have to have this biological thing do its electrical/chemical process to create consciousness just like you need an actual moving electron to create a magnetic field.

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