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Philip K. Dick believed that we live in a real Matrix

The chap behind the Blade Runner story believed we are in a 'computer programmed reality'.

He also did Minority Report.

if you'd do as many drugs as he, you would believe in various things...read his biography and read his books...excellent author, one of my favorites:thumbsup

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Originally Posted by Sly (Post 19367802)

He also did Minority Report.

Minority Report
Total Recall - "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale"
Blade Runner - "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep"
Next - "The Golden Man"
Imposter - "The Imposter"
Screamers - "Second Variety"
A Scanner Darkly
Paycheck

A common tenet in his writings is man's sense of identity. If you weren't you, how would you know?

Just checked IMDB, and apparently The Adjustment Bureau (which I have not yet seen) is also based on one of his stories, as well as a couple of movies I am not familiar with.

The theory is actually gaining a good bit of traction. The mathematics are apparently solid behind it. It's called "The Computer Simulation Argument" if you'd like to learn more.

From: http://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.html

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A technologically mature “posthuman” civilization would have enormous computing power. Based on this empirical fact, the simulation argument shows that at least one of the following propositions is true: (1) The fraction of human-level civilizations that reach a posthuman stage is very close to zero; (2) The fraction of posthuman civilizations that are interested in running ancestor-simulations is very close to zero; (3) The fraction of all people with our kind of experiences that are living in a simulation is very close to one.
If (1) is true, then we will almost certainly go extinct before reaching posthumanity. If (2) is true, then there must be a strong convergence among the courses of advanced civilizations so that virtually none contains any relatively wealthy individuals who desire to run ancestor-simulations and are free to do so. If (3) is true, then we almost certainly live in a simulation. In the dark forest of our current ignorance, it seems sensible to apportion one’s credence roughly evenly between (1), (2), and (3).
Unless we are now living in a simulation, our descendants will almost certainly never run an ancestor-simulation.

It's possible but why they do it, and why all rules are strict :D?