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Conspiracy theories are nothing new on TikTok, and another one of them has gone viral, offering alleged proof we are all living in a simulated universe created and controlled by some unknown power we ...

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A person wears virtual reality goggles to view and manipulate images in the Living Heart Project. (Photo: Courtesy of Dassault Systèmes and the Living Heart Project) Clinical trials can be very ...

A surprising number of people, if Internet forums are anything to go by, are of the belief that we are living inside a simulation. The idea, made popular by films like The Matrix, is pretty simple to ...