Like The Matrix, is reality virtual? Facebook, the most used application in the world, wants to allow users to share virtual realities, is this one? Elon Musk says “We’re most likely in a simulation”. He puts it at a billion to 1 that we’re not. When therein, we might create simulation from simulation, ad infinitum. Simulation or not, Descartes says “I think therefore I am”. We have always wondered about our source.

Perhaps AI has created simulation to better understand us? The real question is, what’s the origin of the perceived universe? Simulation adds fascination, we are created by an intelligence and the question of God remains. What of the base reality, there must be an actual? For simulation theory, reality is computer generated. Monist theory claims everything is consciousness. These theories arrive at the same place, perception is key, it beckons. Our first question was why, before what. Humans are curious, so often questioning meaning.

If this isn’t, soon enough we will be technologically mature and capable of creating simulation. We will use virtual reality to explore existence. It is compelling to consider reality, we are taken by perception. This video presents a good discussion of simulation theory. 

Simulation hypothesis