Paul Davies writes in the Sydney Morning Herald that we may, indeed, be living in the matrix. In fact, a little hiccup in the simulation may have been detected — a minute change in the speed of light 6 billion years ago.

Like many other people, apparently, I’ve entertained the thought that life wasn’t really real. After reading this article, I’m now a little chilled by the thought. In Davies’ closing paragraph, he writes, “Now the simulators know we are on to them, and the game is up, they may lose interest and decide to hit the delete button. For your own sake, don’t believe a word that I have written.”

Entertaining this train of reasoning, for me, leads to ways to plead with the “simulators” to not hit the delete key. Some questions arise — would the simulators in fact be our gods? In an effort to preserve our existence, virtual or not, should the entire human race become less secular and more religious (whatever religion we might choose)?

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