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Took the survey. Does the god question include simulators? I answered under the assumption that it did not.
I assumed the same, based on the definition of "god" as "supernatural" and the definition of "supernatural" as "involving ontologically basic mental entities."
(Oh, and for anyone who hasn't read the relevant post, the survey is quoting this.)
I'm pretty sure it doesn't. At least, if it does I have no idea what the 'ontologically basic mental events' qualifiers were about...
I honestly considered answering "Mu" to the questions that mentioned 'ontologically basic mental events' since I don't think "ontologically basic" is a meaningful concept.
In a similar vein, I think the one about religious views should list ignosticism (and apatheism, for that matter).
I think it meant "not made of smaller parts", for example ghosts would be disembodied consciousnesses not made of any atoms. I thought this was incredibly unlikely.
For some types of entities it's not clear what that means. For example, are particles made of wave functions, or are wave functions made of particles.
I, for one, answered assuming that it does include simulators. I do not know what ontologically basic mental events are and didn't bother to look it up.