text: does anyone else believe that the matrix could all be real? face it in the matrix nobody knows that it is real. also in the matrix everybody that says they have seen an alien or ghost etc are just seeing a program that is doing something it should not.  it also may be able to explain why people go missing and are never found. oo, the bermuda triangle!  it is possible... we could be nothing but computer simulations. wouldn't that put a dampener on those stupid 'religious' conflicts?!   sightings of ghosts and aliens can be explained by psychological phenomena, though... but the idea that they could be programming quirks/errors is intriguing nonetheless.   if this computer simulation analogy proves to be true, then it would seem that the programmer is getting better as humans are now generally living longer, somewhat.   it would explain why we can't make much headway into space yet! the programmer is still working on his/her/its program! lol  our society could be the sewer of another greater society above us!, to paraphrase futurama's sewer mutants.