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This is pretty fun, I like it, will take a look at the code later today.

> Finally, I am legally obliged to inform you of the one law of exophysics: > YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TERMINATE A SIMULATION IMMEDIATELY UPON FINDING > EVIDENCE OF THE EMERGENCE OF SENTIENT CREATURES CAPABLE OF SUFFERING.

LOL, I had to google "law of exophysics" to see if it is real.

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I mean.. arguably... if the sentient creatures have emerged then is it ethical to kill them?

Well, factor in a slow extinction event and let it run for a few billion ticks. That way they have ample warning, and they might have even offed themselves within that timeframe.

True, but that law was established to discourage any research in that domain, reducing the overall occurences of sentience-incidents and the resulting messy philosophical questions.

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