# Are We Just A Computer Simulation?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**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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**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-just-a-computer-simulation/952375/54 "2021-10-13T21:17:29Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> As soon as I saw this thread, I immediately knew who the OP is. 🙄

I thought it was **Machinaforce** with yet another question about [solipsism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overcoming-solipsism/852778) or nihilism or whether reality really exists. Whatever happened to that person? (Not that I want them back.)

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