At the heart of The Matrix is, well, Matrix, a simulated reality created by artificial intelligence to give us humans a proper sleep so we don't wake up to the reality.

However, another movie released the same year as The Matrix tackled the idea of alternative realities: The Thirteenth Floor.

the concepts put forward in "The Matrix" remain perennial. Here's why some scientists think we're living in a simulation. In 2001, Nick Bostrom, a philosopher at the University of Oxford ...

The Matrix is filled with fascinating sci-fi ideas and complex storytelling devices, but fans may have deduced the truth ...

A commentary in thriller's clothing, When We Were Real (published by Saga Press at Simon & Schuster) doesn't focus much on ...

Physicist Michael Vopson proposes that the universe operates on an efficient algorithm, suggesting it behaves like a data ...

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His theories draw parallels to the premise of The Matrix movies, raising questions about the nature of existence. Vopson theorizes that this simulation is directed by an advanced artificial ...

Part 1 was an introduction to the electronic steering of an antenna beam and the Butler matrix; this part continues the ...