If a universe presents itself via discernible differences (information) and is regular enough for computation, then its substrate (if it has one) must necessarily and sufficiently be a computer, i.e. a system capable of regular state change with Turing universality.
By reconstructing the machinery of our mind, and checking whether that mind might come up with a fictional narrative of a person that experiences qualia and real-time decision making, and gets access to the language center to tell itself and others about that.
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How can a computer create qualia, and a "fictional" subject to experience it?
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In pretty much the same way as George R.R. Martin can create Arya Stark and do things to her, including her experience of her environment and inner world. It's a mental simulation.
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Basically, you are not a physical entity, but a dream in God's mind, surrounded by a fictional world also dreamt in God's mind, but God happens to be a probabilistic computer implemented by a primate brain.
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