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<blockquote data-quote="clearstream" data-source="post: 8622647" data-attributes="member: 71699">The claim is that simulationist rules can be inferred by the imagined inhabitants through observation and experience. We can see that goes beyond probability distributions by reflecting on diverse rules, like those for movement.Maybe I have it worded in an unhelpful way in my proposed definition. It could be better to say something like the imagined inhabitants can discern laws that correspond to the simulationist rules. In order to avoid suggesting that they can know (or even think of looking for) the literal rule or the player-side processes (like the one you drew attention to, of looking up a table).[EDIT One motive for the wording lies in [USER=7026617]@Thomas Shey[/USER]'s thoughts relating to the displacement of metagaming. Characters can know the rules, albeit we are speaking in the voice of conversation around the table. From the internal perspective it's better to say they can know laws corresponding to the rules.]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="clearstream, post: 8622647, member: 71699"] The claim is that simulationist rules can be inferred by the imagined inhabitants through observation and experience. We can see that goes beyond probability distributions by reflecting on diverse rules, like those for movement. Maybe I have it worded in an unhelpful way in my proposed definition. It could be better to say something like the imagined inhabitants can discern laws that correspond to the simulationist rules. In order to avoid suggesting that they can know (or even think of looking for) the literal rule or the player-side processes (like the one you drew attention to, of looking up a table). [EDIT One motive for the wording lies in [USER=7026617]@Thomas Shey[/USER]'s thoughts relating to the displacement of metagaming. Characters [I]can[/I] know the rules, albeit we are speaking in the voice of conversation around the table. From the internal perspective it's better to say they can know laws corresponding to the rules.] [/QUOTE]

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