Interesting study getting ready to be conducted. At first it seemed like it was a prank article and then I figured they were serious. Anyone else read this lately.
SPACE this might be right up your alley... Do do do do do do do do the next stop the Twlight Zone....
I'm confounded that scientists could actually believe it plausible that we could all be possibly living in a Matrix type reality and none of what we are experiencing is real. LOL, Acid trip or are they on to something. Apparently they have come up with a series of tests to determine if we live in a matrix and then they want to try and find a way to communicate with our Matrix creator...... WOW, and so if we are in a matrix, your not really reading this and your Monte is not real....
See article excerpts below....



by Roth Cornet
December 14, 2012

It’s just as I always suspected.

First in Germany and now in the U.S., scientists are hypothesizing that we are all part of an elaborate simulation created by a “supercomputer” from the future.

Earlier this year it was revealed that some intrepid nuclear physicists from the University of Bonn in Germany were conducting tests to determine if we're actually living in a computer program.

Essentially, they had discovered that computer simulations react and respond in a remarkably similar manner to our own physical world, leading them to ask: Are we a part of an elaborate, universe-wide simulation?

Adding fuel to the “my mind is blown, but I kinda always suspected it” fire, TechEye.com is now reporting that scientists in the U.S. are joining the "world is a Matrix-esque computer simulation" party.

That’s right, researchers at the University of Washington are also testing the hypothesis that life as we know it is an elaborate simulation program designed by a computer that has been, to date, beyond our comprehension.

“It will take many years to reach the computational power to give a real glimpse of whether we are living in a simulation, the scientists contend, but even by looking at the tiny portion of the universe that we can currently accurately model, it may be possible to detect 'signatures' of constraints on physical processes that could point to a simulation.

The researchers suggest that a signature could show up as a limitation in the energy of cosmic rays, for example. By testing the behavior of cosmic rays on underlying 'lattice' frameworks governing rules of physics that could exist in future models of the universe, the researchers could find patterns that could point to a simulation
As we pointed out previously, a few rather obvious questions arise:

If we’re simply a part of a large-scale simulation, then what is the purpose of said simulation? Who created it? Are we just characters in a game that’s being tested by a team of sleep deprived players in a row of cubicles 3 billion light years away?

Are future human beings trying to test our decision making abilities in order to see what kinds of circumstances would result in a better life for them?

If this were true, would our scientists be able to “hack” the program? If so, to what end? Who would we trust to redesign the fabric of the universe? Who is truly qualified to “make this world a better place”, simulated or not?

When we die, do we simply disappear into a data stream?

Finally, are we remorseless Gods to the characters in the video games that we play? Have we all unthinkingly decimated entire civilizations only to rebuild them, and watch them suffer again?

 

Definitely a thought provoking study...let's hope they don't have to reboot any time soon...

 

Reboot is friday

 

I knew that post was coming.

It also kinda sounds like the movie, The Truman Show. Or The Joe Schmoe Show on Spike tv. Which is coming back for another shot at it. Saw some commercials for it yesterday.