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=== 1. Simulations Have No Intrinsic Meaning ===

A simulation is, at base:
* A set of symbol manipulations (operations on bitstreams or states)
* Interpreted by an external observer as representing something

This is exactly the claim associated with:
* Searle’s Chinese Room Argument
* Putnam’s “Meaning is Not Intrinsic”
* Goodman’s “grue” / arbitrariness of representation”

In simpler terms:

: There’s no “tree” inside a tree simulation — just patterns of computation we interpret as a tree.

If so, then the Simulation Hypothesis is conceptually broken because:
* Our universe contains things with intrinsic physical properties
* Simulations do not contain intrinsic properties
* Therefore: if something has intrinsic properties, it cannot be “just” a simulation

===== References =====
* Searle, J. (1980). “Minds, Brains, and Programs.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
* Putnam, H. (1988). Representation and Reality.
* Dennett, D. (1991). Consciousness Explained. (On multiple levels of description ≠ intrinsic reality)
* Goodman, N. (1970). Seven Strictures on Similarity.