Are we living in a computer simulation?

Is our world a computer simulation created by more advanced beings? (Even ourselves at some future date?) Are we all just "software"?

If "The Matrix" fascinated you and you want to discuss these ideas further, join this tribe!

Dr. Nick Bostrom's (author of the paper, "The Simulation Argument") Website is a good starting point for reading about the theories circulating out there:

www.simulation-argument.com/

And this site has lots of related (and tangentially-related) papers as well:

www.anthropic-principle.com/prep....html

http://simulation-argument.tribe.net