Remember how we never imagined that teen magazines, park rangers and the Webster’s dictionary would be leading the fight against the extreme Right in 2017? Yeah, wrap your head around the fact that Bank of America, Elon Musk and other billionaires are privately funding scientific research to get us out of a matrix in which we are stuck in a simulation of the real world.
That’s right. Many scientists believe that we are living in a Matrix-like world due to the rapid advancement of our technology. It’s not a new concept; philosophers have always wondered if we truly exist or not. But to imagine that we are living in a glitch-filled world (think time lapses, flashbacks, déjà vu) controlled by aliens, robot overlords or some futuristic cyborgs? It’s unsettling, to say the least.
What do you think of the idea? Read up on it a bit, then share your ideas below.
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