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It does. If the simulation is buggy, we could hack it and "get out of the box" :). See also: http://lesswrong.com/lw/qk/that_alien_message/

this happens when you die, universe segfaults, or it continues running in hell, limbus or heaven. depends on where it lands. hell has 9 rings. goal is to end up in ring 0 . heaven

> You cannot leave the simulation.

At any level of simulation we know that when we take time, it takes time in the reality that hosts us too. It's nice to know we'll always have that in common.

The idea seems to be, from within the simulation, detect artifacts of the simulation.

Seems like a sensible enough proposal to me. (That doesn't mean I think they will succeed).