weird as I reread this post, I realize that it is profoundly filled with hopewow brain in a jar reference #2 for this thread
well friend we do live in a matrix so to speak
because the mind and consciousness are physical and functional matrices, respectively.
Just think about how reality is submissive to perception which itself is submissive to consciousness which itself is submissive to the natural infirmities of the mind. the later of course is secondary to, and direct proof of, our lowly evolutionary origins and survival needs.
as it indicates evolutionary direction that has guided us to a point of no return
no matter what happens, man has been here