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Date: April 30, 2016 01:56PM
It's been an interesting week with some big ontological questions floated. Maybe we're living in The Matrix after all:
Neil deGrasse Tyson floated the idea that the universe is a simulation:
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/227126-neil-degrasse-tyson-says-its-very-likely-the-universe-is-a-simulationPrinceton academics Paul Bloom and Adam Bear published findings that free well may well be an illusion created by our brains:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/free-will-could-all-be-an-illusion-scientists-suggest-after-study-that-shows-choice-could-just-be-a7008181.html