Simulation hypothesis

A mangle being used in a domestic science course during World War II

Illustrated Jonah from the 15th-century Kennicott Bible

01Caesar's soldiers killed roughly 10,000 Pompeians and captured 15,000 at Thapsus; the lopsided toll suggests a rout, not a battle.
02Ancient sources including Plutarch record Caesar falling into a seizure at the onset, carried to a nearby tower to recover while his army fought without him.
03After the battle, Caesar's own veterans executed several surrendered enemy officers on the spot — Caesar was reportedly unable to stop them.

Nick Bostrom's 2003 trilemma: either civilizations die before computing, or they choose not to simulate, or we are almost certainly inside a simulation right now. One of the three must be true.