The Simulation Hypothesis and Panpsychism.

Panpsychism is the concept that all things, even the fundamental particles, are to some degree or other, conscious. You'll often find in at least popular science tomes that this or that particles somehow "decides" to do this or that. For example, how does a photon "decide" to either pass through a pane of glass or reflect off of the pane of glass? How does a particle "know" if an observer is watching it? Of course, virtual photons or any other kind of particle will do what the software programs them to do.

The Simulation Hypothesis and UFOs.

It doesn't ultimately matter what's at the bottom or core of the UFO phenomena, UFO sightings have demonstrated that UFO behavior totally violates all of our understanding of known physical law, especially inertia. When it comes to UFOs in motion, inertia doesn't seem to exist, Newton be damned.

There are numerous sightings, both visual and radar, of rapidly moving UFOs stopping on a dime or undergoing super acceleration from a stop. There are reports of high speed right-angle turns, even instantaneous 180 degree reversals of flight direction.

Then you add into the mix sightings of UFOs that merge together or split apart; enormous sized 'craft' hovering in place without a sound; rapid gains in altitude without any obvious means of propulsion; radar returns without visual confirmation and visual sightings without radar returns.

So, computer-generated special effects to the rescue?

The Simulation Hypothesis and Crop Circles.

“It can’t be therefore it isn’t” vs. “I know what I saw” doesn’t really apply to the crop ‘circle’ phenomena. Crop 'circles' exist and are obviously the products of intelligent design. The only terrestrial intelligence capable of doing this are humans. However, that means that each and every crop 'circle' had to have been designed and executed by a human(s). That would appear to be an actual impossibility based on the evidence since crop 'circles' have appeared in areas where either there were no humans or humans would have been easily observed. So what is the ultimate physical reality behind or of this anomaly? Is there a physical reality if crop circles are part of the virtual reality landscape that is programmed as part and parcel of the overall computer simulation?

Simulation Hypothesis and the Bible.

The entire Bible (or any other holy book for that matter) could be simulated via computer software (and lots of parts have been 'simulated' via film on TV and in cinemas). You could imagine a computer / video game where you get to play God (or any other Biblical character) and create life, the Universe and everything, issue commandments, pass judgments, kill the wicked, battle Satan, denounce other gods, precipitate and engage in Armageddon or the apocalypse. Lots of fun! Or, one could redo the entire New Testament and make Jesus dance to your tune. Anyway, the point is if it can be done (and it can be done) then maybe that's the way it was done. Take Genesis: Once there was 'nothing' and then there was a something - the software kicked in; the Big Bang event happened; let there be light and there was light, etc. And the rest, as they say, is history.