Whoa, dude, that's like, heavy

Has John Tierny honestly never considered the idea that we might be part of someone else's simulated reality before? Did he not go to college? I mean, thanks for bringing it to the masses and all (getting that percentage of the population who reads the NYT and did not see the Matrix), but the guy he got this idea from first published this paper in 2003. Cutting edge journalism there, Johnny.