Do we live within a simulated environment? Are there beings or entities outside this simulated environment that have the power to influence this world potentially in violation of apparent physical rules.

1. What ethics and laws are likely to emerge from a technological society that has had perfect simulations inhabited with conscious beings? tid:1282 (4) (hivelink)
   
2. If there are entities outside this "reality" then are they organized into factions (or individuals) supporting factions within this "reality?" tid:1279 (1) (hivelink)
   
3. Do any world views exist within religions, mythology, or philosophy that are strongly compatible with the idea of us living within a simulation possibly within many levels of simulation. tid:1275 (1) (hivelink)