[Tyler]

The universe is FAKE and we're playthings of advanced civilisation says theory
5 August 2015, 12:00 am

                    The year is 2050 and super-intelligent robots have taken over the planet. Except you have no idea, because you're living in a computer simulation, depicting what life was like in 2015.

Daily Mail - Sciencetech (UK)Link

Source: AI in the News

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[Art]

Interesting find. A lot of us have thought along similar lines. As if this is maybe version 5.0 or something...that much of what we are now living has already been tried and played out before. Not reincarnation but another version of this ongoing experiment we call life on Earth.

[squarebear]

I'll have whatever you're smoking! 

[Freddy]

It's quite an old idea really. We had this come up in the 80s at college. I'm sure it's been around longer than that too.

Makes for a good story though.

[Art]

I'll have whatever you're smoking! 

And you write programs for virtual dolls? So are we delusional or simply imaginative?
Haven't smoked in years personally....but I get your drift.