If We Live Inside a Matrix, How “Real-Life” Outside Might Look Like

What if the vibrant colors of a sunset, the hum of traffic, even the beating of your own heart are just lines of code flickering across some cosmic computer screen? It seems to us that we have a body—skin, blood, bones—how could this be someone’s artificial code? But consider this: what we perceive as real is shaped by our senses and mind. After all, what is real to us might just be a intricate design, a pattern unfolding within a larger system. This isn’t a new sci-fi thriller—it’s a question since philosophers first gazed at the stars. Popularized by the…