Elon Musk: One in Billion Chance We AREN'T Living in a Computer Simulation

Billionaire Tesla head Elon Musk recently told a tech conference in California that the chance is "one in billions" that we are not living in a simulated world. In other words, it's almost a certainty that we're all walking around in something akin to The Matrix -- a computer-generated reality run by artificial intelligence -- right this minute and the majority of us don't even realize it. He also said we should actually hope it is true because if it isn't, it means we're doomed to destruction by some other calamitous event. Musk is not the only person to suggest this. Science fiction writer Philip K. Dick told the Metz Sci-Fi Convention in France the same thing back in 1977: Dick said this explains the odd sense of déjà vu we all have from time-to-time.