A scientist proposes a new law of physics suggesting the universe may be a digital simulation, linking physics, biology, and ...

Are we inhabitants of a computational construct rather than a mind-independent, “base” reality? The simulation question ...

The idea that reality might be a computer simulation has moved from philosophical thought to scientific discussion. Advances ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Many philosophers and scientists have pondered if we live in a simulated universe, and University of ...

The reality we understand and interact with daily might, according to some scientists, be nothing more than an elaborate ...

Some previous answers offering evidence for the notion we aren’t living in a vast simulation relied heavily on the word “vast”. The complexity of our universe suggests we aren’t in a simulation run by ...

What sort of simulation are you considering? The Matrix films envisioned a large, multiplayer “game” in which protagonists existed both within the game, in the form of simulated information, and ...