But aye..that&#x27;s the rub. Is there any difference between meat that appears to operate _EXACTLY_ the same as different meat (constructed using the symbols)? Computationally, no. But if two things in an information-theoretic world, are informationally equivalent, then for all intensive purposes, they are equivelent. Quantum physics says this with regard to quantum states, there&#x27;s no meat to differentiate electrons, only informational states.<p>You guys basically complemented each-other, and came back to the beauty of the question.<p>I&#x27;d say what&#x27;s more pressing is, does the information match the implementation. That is, is there any glimpse of external forces (that implement our universe) inside of it.<p>See <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Brain_in_a_vat" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Brain_in_a_vat</a><p>If our whole reality is more of a rouge, rather than an accident, then it&#x27;s possible our reality has almost nothing to do with the parent-verse. And well, everything we seem to value as good models for the true implementation, are well, garbage.