[gnaritas]

> We lack sufficient evidence to prove that we reside in a Matrix-like construct.

I'm not sure we even have sufficient evidence to suggest it, let alone prove it.

[glymor]

Have a look at the Simulation Argument http://www.simulation-argument.com/.

Crude synopsis: if it is possible to create such an simulation then the probability that we in one is the number of possible simulated universes (v. large) vs the number of real universes (1) ie high probability that we are within a simulation.

[rosser]

I've always heard that expressed as the Simulation Paradox: either full-fidelity simulations, a la The Matrix, are impossible, or we're already in one.

[gloob]

How is that paradoxical?