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Investment Bank Claims There's A 50 Percent Chance We're Living In The Matrix

Investment Bank Claims There's A 50 Percent Chance We're Living In The Matrix

Morpheus has to bank somewhere.

James Dawson

James Dawson

Remember The Matrix, pretty good film that wasn't it? I mean not a classic, but a solid watch. Decent special effects, interesting storyline - 8/10. I mean it's a pity that they went a shat all over it with the terrible sequels, but you can just pretend they didn't happen if you want to.

What's this got to do with the Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) though? Well, according to them, there's a 50/50 chance we are already living in a simulated virtual world, run by artificial intelligence, the Daily Star reports.

Is your red my blue? Are we all just living in the mind of a giant? Do aliens exist? Was 9/11 an inside job? If two vegans argue is it still considered beef? Who knew what time to set the first clock? What does water taste of?

Wow - where was I... oh yeah, apparently SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and University of Oxford professor Nick Bostrom all believe humans exist in a Matrix-style world of false consciousness.

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The BAML also cites the experts' views as proof for the theory.

WAKE UP SHEEPLE.

Its report said: "Many scientists, philosophers and business leaders believe that there is a 20-50% probability that humans are already living in a computer-simulated virtual world.

"In April 2016, researchers gathered at the American Museum of Natural History to debate this notion.

"The argument is that we are already approaching photorealistic 3D simulations that millions of people can simultaneously participate in."

Continuing with its hypothesising, it said: "It is conceivable that with advancements in artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and computing power, members of future civilisations could have decided to run a simulation of their ancestors.

"Unless we are now living in a simulation, our descendants will almost certainly never run an ancestor-simulation."

No offence, but there's no chance in hell I'd put my money in the Bank of America Merrill Lynch. From the sounds of it they'd probably spend all my money on weed and take out.

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