Dilbert is one of my favorite comics. The recent Sunday comic is a good one so click that link.Dilbert creates a simulated world in software and programs the people in it to think they have free will. Dogbert asks what happens if they discover their true nature. Dilbert replies that he coded in some limitations to hamper that and describes a few of them. Read the full comic because they obviously correlate to our own limitations in this Universe.
I'll go ahead and reveal the punch line here for discussion. Dilbert coded the simulated people to not trust smart people so they won't question the simulation. Sometimes it seems like this is a painful part of our reality (or are we in a simulation?).
