Living in the Matrix: How a Scientific Conjecture was Turned into a Conspiracy Theory
In recent years the simulation argument, namely, the idea that our reality is a kind of computer-generated simulation developed for hidden purposes, has acquired some credit and has been appropriated by the conspiracy culture, especially in the works of David Icke, author of paranoid bestsellers and...
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| Language: | English |
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2017-11-01
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| Series: | Messages, Sages and Ages |
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| Online Access: | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/msas.2017.4.issue-2/msas-2017-0006/msas-2017-0006.xml?format=INT |