Ever get the feeling life is a little too perfect — or maybe a little too weird? From Plato’s cave to The Matrix to Elon Musk’s late-night tweets, the Simulation Hypothesis asks a question that shakes the foundation of reality: what if everything we know is just code in a computer program?

In this Brain Bites: Science episode, we explore the philosophy, physics, and mind-bending possibilities behind one of the most fascinating theories of our time. Are we real — or just lines of code in someone else’s experiment?

Tune in, and decide for yourself.