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

If you feel like you're living in a convincing virtual reality akin to The Matrix, a scientist thinks you may well be right. Melvin Vopson, an associate professor in physics at the University of ...

"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 ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Tamara Turner/Daily I sit hunched over the edge of my bed, eyes focused intently on a friend of ...

For more than two decades, some scientists have pondered the possibility that life as we know is actually an unfathomably complex simulation. While some suggest looking for “glitches” to find evidence ...

File this one under "fun to think about, probably not changing your day job": a new study just dropped that suggests gravity itself might be the smoking gun that our entire universe is one big ...

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 ...

A dominant conceptualization of empathy in social work practice and education, provided by Karen Gerdes and Elizabeth Segal, relies heavily on the simulation theory adopted directly from the cognitive ...