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  • Are We Lving in the Matrix? [Oxford Prof Says There's 20% Chance We're All Living in a Computer]

    05/14/2003 4:13:00 PM PDT · by ewing · 143 replies · 557+ views
    Wireless Flash News Service ^ | May 13, 2003 | wire report
    A Philosophy Professor who teaches at Oxford says there is roughly a 20 percent chance that most humans today are really software created beings living in a virtual reality.Dr. Nick Bostrum says there is a good chance technology can mature to the point where life like simulation programs are regularly run.If that is the case there is no way of knowing whether right now youre currently living in real history or a simulation of the year 2003.However, he says it is equally likely that humans will become extinct before then can develop such advanced computer simulations or lose their interest...