The Simulation Hypothesis, that we are programmed characters residing in a complex video game-like environment, has gained significant adherents recently, including Elon Musk. The power of this wild speculation is that it combines quantum physics, consciousness theory, millennia-old religious teachings and spiritual revelations around reincarnation and near-death experiences and melds them into a theory that explains the unexplainable. But if it is true, how do we thrive in the Matrix?
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