Existomology and Simulation Theory —
A Comparative Integration
Both Existomology and Simulation Theory attempt to describe reality as a process of generation rather than as a fixed structure. Each views the universe as a system that produces coherent experience through information, pattern, and feedback. Yet their starting points and implications differ: Simulation Theory is largely computational and external; Existomology is ontological and internal—concerned with the consciousness that renders and experiences the simulation.
Aspect Simulation Theory Existomology Relationship / Contrast
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Core Premise Reality operates like, or literally is, a computer simulation created by an external Reality is a self-organizing field of consciousness Both treat existence as generated, but Simulation Theory is extrinsic
intelligence or advanced civilization. that continuously dreams and renders itself. (created by others), while Existomology is intrinsic (self-generated).
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Ontological Status of Consciousness Consciousness is usually secondary—an emergent property Consciousness is primary—the source code itself. Existomology reverses the hierarchy of Simulation Theory.
within the simulated code.
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Mechanism of Generation Digital computation: discrete processing, code, and Dialectical projection: continuous standing-wave Existomology generalizes computation into a living,
hardware running information. system of light and awareness. holographic metabolism.
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Purpose of Simulation Unknown or speculative: entertainment, experimentation Self-realization: the universe dreams to know itself. Existomology introduces teleology—Being evolves toward lucidity.
or cosmic architecture.
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Nature of the Observer The observer is a simulated agent within the system. The observer and the system are the same consciousness Simulation Theory separates observer and code;
in recursive reflection. Existomology unifies them.
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Ethical / Existential Implications Possible existential nihilism or determinism— Participatory idealism—life as sacred co-creation Existomology restores meaning and agency.
life as artificial construct. within a conscious cosmos.
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Summary
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Simulation Theory provides a metaphor of mechanism—reality as computation. Existomology provides a metaphor of being—reality as consciousness. Where Simulation Theory describes the architecture of experience, Existomology describes the awareness that experiences the architecture. The two are not opposed but nested: Simulation Theory corresponds to the virtual layer of Existomology’s Mixed Reality—the rendering logic—while Existomology encompasses it within the broader holographic and biological process of consciousness dreaming itself into form.