{"id":4307,"date":"2007-08-14T09:28:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-14T09:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2007\/08\/literally-exploring-our-matrix\/"},"modified":"2007-08-14T09:28:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-14T09:28:00","slug":"literally-exploring-our-matrix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2007\/08\/literally-exploring-our-matrix.html","title":{"rendered":"LITERALLY Exploring Our Matrix?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>When I chose the name for my blog, the Matrix films were still a hot topic for discussion. But because our context can be designated a \u2018matrix\u2019 in other senses as well, it seemed that it would be appropriate even in the longer term and from other perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>It seems, however, that there are some philosophers and other individuals who take the \u2018Matrix Hypothesis\u2019 very seriously (i.e. the idea that we are living in a computer simulation). Take a look at the article in today\u2019s New York Times, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/08\/14\/science\/14tier.html?_r=1&amp;th=&amp;oref=slogin&amp;emc=th&amp;pagewanted=all\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Our Lives, Controlled From Some Guy\u2019s Couch<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-5568277456753070330?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I chose the name for my blog, the Matrix films were still a hot topic for discussion. But because our context can be designated a \u2018matrix\u2019 in other senses as well, it seemed that it would be appropriate even in the longer term and from other perspectives. 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