They gathered at a roundtable: sociologists, politicians, philosophers, scholars, scientists, and theologians—the whole gambit for ideas.


    The moderator, a wealthy host, asked, "So, what should we do now after this ground-breaking discovery that we live in a simulation? Clearly, inequality, fate, and even our individual choices are questionable if everything is pre-designed or predefined."


    Dr. Margaret Smith, a psychologist, raised her hand.


    "Go ahead. Dr. Smith …"


    She stood up. "We can sit around here and mull over the hows and whys of our creators and contemplate the fixedness of their design ... " Margaret took a deep breath. "Or do something!"


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    "Such as?"


    "Anything …" She paced. "Because contemplation is inaction, how do we know we aren''t creating the simulation as we speak?"


    "Impossible!" said a scoffing physicist, rapping their fingers on the table.


    "Not necessarily," softly replied a computer scientist. "We could be generating our paths of existence bit by bit. What happens next is entirely up to us."


    "Exactly!" Margaret gestured noddingly toward the computer scientist.


    "What do you suggest?" asked the moderator.


    "We stop this discussion now and do things! Live. Change. Evolve. Co-exist. Stop the wars. Stop hate. Restore the toxic environment, and most importantly … go outside and do something!"


    Many of the participants visibly whispered, sneered, shrugged, or chuckled.