Arriving on Hot Docs at Home, fresh from its premiere at Sundance Film Festival 2021!
What if we are living in a simulation, and the world as we know it is not real? Go down the rabbit hole with acclaimed filmmaker Rodney Ascher (Room 237) as he explores the science, philosophy and conspiracy theories behind this mind-blowing idea. Providing fascinating insight from contemporary cultural touchstones—from the work of Philip K. Dick to The Matrix—alongside interviews with real people shrouded in digital avatars, this riveting doc leaves no stone unturned in trying to prove the unprovable. If simulation theory is not science fiction but fact, and life is a video game being played by some unknowable entity, then who are we, really?
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