I think the hypothesis that we are living in a computer "system" as opposed to a "simulation" is more plausible. In the Occam's razor sense. Similar to a comput

I think the hypothesis that we are living in a computer "system" as opposed to a "simulation" is more plausible. In the Occam's razor sense. Similar to a computer we're all wired together in some great interconnected economy - there is nearly nowhere on earth now that you can't be instantly contactable if you want to be. The Internet joins us all together, with our phones, laptops and TVs as NICs for our consciousness. I don't think its far fetched to think that some global consciousness is emerging - in fact a few different consciousness - that are now vying for supremacy. Some want to eat the whole cake, others just want to be left alone. Some for integration, others for separation. The fact that all these "weird" things are all happening could well be linked at some systemic level that will maybe be obvious to future historians. Like how we theorize that ocean going vessels enabled the days of colonialism or the development of fossil fuels led to the industrial revolution. The discovery of semiconductor material made the IT revolution possible. What we could very well be experiencing now is some kind of singular behaviour due to the development of these new globally linked consciences - that are elbowing for space, and resources - annoying each other and squabbling in the process. Of course to us it looks like bizarre behaviour but perhaps no more bizarre than the random bits and bytes flying through a link appear to something like a network switch (had it the sense to ponder itself). When I run too many programs on my computer weird things start to happen. Ghosts appear on my screen, leaving a trailing residue. The screen blanks. Sometimes the mouse pointer won't respond and a strange chugging starts to come from the box under my monitor. It's not so far fetched to expect that a tightly integrated system such as the modern global economy might exhibit other equally frustrating and odd (though explainable) phenomena when put under stress.