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Letter: Why bother, if we are all living in a simulation?

Published 4 September 2024

From Sylvia Potter, Godalming, Surrey, UK

Global heating is causing me a certain amount of inconvenience. I avoid flying, use public transport, recycle plastic and so on. However, if I am living in a simulation, a suggestion that several readers have raised recently, why should I bother? Whoever or whatever created the simulation can always program a better world next time. (Letters, 10 August)

Issue no. 3507 published 7 September 2024

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