Really good Article tackling the Question if we all live in a simulation: “This cartoon explains why Elon Musk thinks we’re characters in a computer simulation. He might be right.” (Alvin Chang)

We might be characters in a computer simulation. It’s a serious argument. Elon Musk thinks it’s almost certain that we are living in a computer simulation. In short, we are characters in an advanced version of The Sims — so advanced that it creates, well, us.

I understand the instinct to treat the idea as absurd, and to ignore people who suggest these things. It’s what happens when you challenge the common beliefs about reality, kind of like Aristarchus of Samos, who first thought the Earth wasn’t at the center of the universe — almost 2,000 years before Galileo…

Source: This cartoon explains why Elon Musk thinks we’re characters in a computer simulation. He might be right. – Vox