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The universe = computer (and/or universe = a program) is a plausible theory that I don't necessarily buy but think is worth including in "the conversation"
In 3000 years from now, if Earth-descended intelligent life somehow still manges to exist somewhere, I suspect they'll have something closer to a definitive answer to this question. They won't be able to answer every question, but we might seem not that much better than the ancient Greeks to them. (Or maybe seen as much better than them but still awful)
The obvious follow-up is who or what made the computer, and if there are others. It seems difficult to assign a probability to whether or not our universe as we observe it is essentially the root
