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  • Is life nothing more than a fancy computer simulation?

    Is life nothing more than a fancy computer simulation?

    The Science Channel has a new series that debuted last night called "Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman." The first episode discussed the idea of the creator. That is, how did all this stuff (people and all the other life on Earth, stars, planets, etc.) get here? Is there some nice, wise old man in the sky sitting on a heavenly La-Z-Boy orchestrating everything around us, or is something else at work? One of the more fun suggestions: perhaps we're all merely a fancy computer simulation of Future People? Maybe we're merely some Future Kid's science experiment on his PlayStation 200?

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