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Do We Live in a Simulation? | Jean Baudrillard
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Do We Live in a Simulation? | Jean Baudrillard

The meaning of simulation from Baudrillard's Simulation and Simulacra

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Are we all living in a simulation? If you were to ask the French philosopher Jean Baudrillard this question, his answer would be a resounding yes. Although what he means by simulation and what you mean by simulation might be two very different things (which is funny considering the most influential example of a simulation — The Matrix — was directly ins…

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