@Mulberry
Are you familiar with Thomas Campbell (physicist that worked for NASA and DoD, he’s also done some serious APing with Robert Monroe)? In the below video (14 min) he talks about this being a virtual reality, how the double-slit experiment in quantum physics points towards that, his book My Big TOE (Theory Of Everything) abbreviated MBT in the video and his thoughts on consciousness.
Elon Musk has talked about the possibility of us being in a simulation multiple times. In the below video (4 min) he argues that " there’s a one in billions chance that this is base reality ".
Physicist, consciousness researcher, author of the My Big TOE trilogy and international lecturer, describes the nature of our larger reality, provides a complete theory of consciousness, and explains our purpose and connection to that larger reality. Along the way, Campbell derives a more fundamental science that directly answers the most pressing problems and paradoxes of modern physics.
Tom Campbell began researching altered states of consciousness with Bob Monroe ( Journeys Out Of The Body , Far Journeys , and The Ultimate Journey ) at Monroe Laboratories in the early 1970s where he and a few others were instrumental in getting Monroe’s laboratory for the study of consciousness up and running. These early drug-free consciousness pioneers helped design experiments, developed the technology for creating specific altered states, and were the main subjects of study (guinea pigs) all at the same time. Campbell has been experimenting with, and exploring the subjective and objective mind ever since. For the past thirty years, Campbell has been focused on scientifically exploring the properties, boundaries, and abilities of consciousness.
Tom is the “TC (physicist)” described in Bob Monroe’s second book Far Journeys and has been a serious explorer of the frontiers of reality, mind, consciousness, and psychic phenomena since the early 1970s. My Big TOE is a model of existence and reality that is based directly on Campbell’s scientific research and first hand experience. It represents the results and conclusions of thirty years of careful scientific exploration of the boundaries and contents of reality from both the physical and metaphysical viewpoints. The author has made every effort to approach his explorations without bias or preconceived notions. There is no belief system, dogma, creed, or unusual assumptions at the root of My Big TOE.
This dude is investigating our consciousness and he published 3 books about his 40 years of research. I still need to find time to read the books… Those books are like 700 pages lol and my priority are my undergraduate courses… I want to read everything about the subject on this planet but I don’t have time 
He works together with: Our Purpose – The Monroe Institute
Our Vision
The Global Awakening of Humanity
Our Mission
The Monroe Institute advances the exploration of human consciousness and the experience of expanded states of awareness as a path to creating a life of personal freedom, meaning, insight, and happiness.