Parody -- Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?

[RArvay]

This is a parody. It comments on the suggestion that our reality is in fact a computer simulation,
as some have proposed.
It may or may not be thought provoking.
If this is not appropriate for this forum, I apologize.

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An extremely short, fictional story:

The meeting began with the usual rustling of papers as the scientists took their places at the conference table. Everyone was eagerly awaiting the announcement by cosmologist Dr. Frank Eidelman, who had promised a major discovery would be reported.

When he came into the room, all eyes were upon him, and everyone noted his somber appearance.

He took his place, glanced at each conferee in turn, and then began to speak.

“Gentlemen,” he said, “we have concluded our investigation into the simulation hypothesis. The good news is that we have discovered that we are not, repeat not, living in a computer simulation. The bad news, however, is very distressing. For we have discerned that although we are not programmed entities in a computer, we are in fact, fictional characters in a short story.”
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