Also, do I understand you correctly that the beings (conceivably) running the universe as a simulation do not count as supernatural/gods for purposes of the supernatural/gods questions?
Yeah, I thought the theism question was the worst of all. Have you ever met a theist that answered “ontologically basic mind-stuff” when asked what God is? Me neither.
Also, do I understand you correctly that the beings (conceivably) running the universe as a simulation do not count as supernatural/gods for purposes of the supernatural/gods questions?
Yeah, I thought the theism question was the worst of all. Have you ever met a theist that answered “ontologically basic mind-stuff” when asked what God is? Me neither.
Other than that, thanks Yvain!
I assumed when taking the survey that those running the simulation are outside our universe and so ontologically basic.
Those people outside the simulation could exist with or without ontologically basic mental features. The questions are totally orthogonal.
Is there even theoretical way of distinguishing these two cases? I’d assume the only possible answer is “they” do.