simulation theory posits that our world is actually just part of a highly advanced computer simulation created by some hypothetical future civilization. If this sounds familiar, that might be because you’ve watched “The Matrix” and/or read works by philosophers like Nick Bostrom (“Simulation Hypothesis”) or Eliezer Yudkowsky (“Creation Myth”). Essentially, the idea goes that advanced technological societies will have incredible computational resources available to run massive virtual reality simulations of entire past eras, complete with conscious artificial intelligences that believe they were born into those historical epochs – much as we today assume our own existence in these present times. At least one school of thought holds that if sufficiently many such reconstructive matrices are built… then statistically, there would be vastly more simulated minds than organic ones in this universe! In essence: we could be living inside someone else’s version of history; our subjective experiences may effectively be indistinguishable from so-called base reality — even though the latter wouldn’t truly exist. For more information on how plausibility arguments make for difficult-to-disprove concepts and potential risks associated with the knowledge of such things.