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How do we know we’re not living in a simulation like The Matrix?

Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix. Photograph: Allstar Picture Library

How do we know we’re not living in a simulation like The Matrix? Jack Freedom, Bristol

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