> > In my senior year of high school, one of my
> classes had a lot of emphasis on philosophy,
> particularly that relating to human existence
> and the nature of reality. In one of the first
> classes, the teacher told us to prove that we
> weren't each a brain in a jar in a lab
> somewhere, being tricked into all our sensory
> impressions.
>
> One question: was this before or after the
> release of The Matrix?

Before.

Sosi"uh... well, there's not much I can add to this one"qui