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> if our Universe is currently, say, nested N levels deep in a simulation hierarchy

Maybe the simulation hierarchy is like a neural net - where hierarchy represents more abstraction and meaning - the higher we go, the more exotic the universes and more capable of carrying meaning by integrating information from below. Such a neural-net hierarchical universe could be seen as "God".

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This is something that ibGib is a great tool for: understanding relationships and "heirarchies", and understanding that a containment relationship is only one way for viewing information. We find it easy to work with, since we're used to files and folders. But the more I use ibGib, the more comfortable I am with just having things related to each other.

This is precisely a neural network, and it's especially interesting when you consider each person as a node in a larger network. You have your inputs and your outputs and a bunch of layers sitting in between, i.e. you take an ANN, draw a circle around it and connect it to other ANNs ad nauseam.

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