We know, John Wick and Matrix theories are a dime a dozen, what with the two main characters looking so much alike (insert winky-face emoji here). Of course, there needs to be more to a theory than ...

Is this real life? Is this just fantasy? A growing number of scientists are suggesting that the idea that we are all living in a simulation may not be completely far-fetched. Simulation theory is the ...

A Glitch In the Matrix likely won’t convince you that you’re living in a simulation. But this strange new documentary—which premiered at Sundance Film Festival last weekend and is now available in ...

The director of "Room 237" takes on a new cult of conspiracy theorists: those who think the world isn't real. There are words, and many metaphors, one could use to describe simulation theory: the ...

In 2003, Nick Bostrom blew minds with “Are You Living in a Computer Simulation?,” a hugely influential philosophy paper positing that — you guessed it — our reality could actually be a computer ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine you had a friend who gave different answers to the same question, depending on how you asked it. “What’s the capital of Peru?” ...