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| Writing for the Converation, Laura D'Olimpio, Senior Lecturer in
Philosophy, University of Notre Dame Australia, said we can at least be
certain we exist, even if our reality may bear some resemblance to that
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- Comments made by philosophy lecturer at the University of Notre Dame
- Laura D'Olimpio humans could be the subject of a science experiment
- In reality, our brains are being kept alive in vat of nutrients in a laboratory
- The nerve endings of your brain are connected to a supercomputer that feeds you all the sensations of everyday life
It's a questions that has baffled humans long before The Matrix; do we exist and what if we are living in a simulation?
While we have yet to have a definitive answer, one expert has waded through this philosophical quagmire to explain arguments about whether we are just a brain in a vat.
Writing for the Converation, Laura D'Olimpio, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Notre Dame Australia, said we can at least be certain we exist.
OUR REALITY IS AN ILLUSION
The world you see around you is nothing but an illusion.
That's according to cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman who claims we're being tricked into believing our own reality.
He believes that what we are seeing around us is simply a façade that guides our way around a far more complex and hidden matrix.
By
Laura D'olimpio For The Conversation
Published:
08:02 GMT, 2 August 2016
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Updated:
08:03 GMT, 2 August 2016
