Let’s start with the assumption that ‘computer simulation’ means we’re living in a universe where all of space and time is based on discrete bits of data like a computer, with 1s and 0s.

Is your life really your life, or is it actually the dream of a butterfly? Or is it a complex computer simulation indistinguishable from "real" reality?

Simulation theory explores the provocative idea that our reality is a computer simulation, igniting debates on consciousness and the nature of existence.

Such existential-sounding hypotheses often tend to be essentially untestable, but some researchers think they could find experimental evidence that we are living in a computer game.

Serious academics have been speculating whether reality is a sophisticated, computer-generated simulation. Writer Rizwan Virk says religions around the world have long held the key to ...

Are You Living In a Computer Simulation? The Simulation Argument Find an extensive list of articles, videos, and other media discussing the “simulation debate” at this site curated by Nick ...

Is our entire universe just a computer simulation? It sounds like the premise for a sci-fi movie, but over the years the idea has been debated by scientists in earnest. But now theoretical ...

Such existential-sounding hypotheses often tend to be essentially untestable, but some researchers think they could find experimental evidence that we are living in a computer game.

Some experts think we are living in a computer simulation and that our reality is instead like a video game. But could we ever know for sure?

The argument ends by proposing that we are, in fact, digital beings living in a vast computer simulation created by our far-future descendants.