Maybe the only significant difference between a really smart simulatio…

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Maybe the only significant difference between a really smart simulation and a human being was the noise they made when you punched them. ✨ Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter (2012). The Long Earth: (Long Earth 1), p.72, Random House
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Maybe the only significant difference between a really smart simulation and a human being was the noise they made when you punched them. ✨ Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter (2012). The Long Earth: (Long Earth 1), p.72, Random House

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