The possibility that our entire universe merely exists inside a computer simulation is more than an idle science fiction ...

Advanced simulations have been the subject of fiction from The Matrix to the season two episode of The Twilight Zone (2019), ...

It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...

The natural complexity of the universe should phase out the possibility of some advanced civilization controlling reality ...

A new physics study challenges the simulation hypothesis, arguing that the universe contains realities that can likely never ...

In their study, they identified what they called "Godelian truths", truths that cannot be defined by any algorithm or fixed ...

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 ...

Ever since Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom proposed his simulation argument in 2001, the nerdiverse has attempted to assess the possibility that reality is not really real, that what we experience as ...

A team of physicists led by Mir Faizal argues the universe cannot be simulated, saying reality includes non-computable truths beyond any algorithm or AI model ...

Up until now, the simulation hypothesis was deemed to be un-testable in philosophy and science and often dismissed as pure science fiction.

The long-debated idea that we might all be living in a computer simulation—popularized by science fiction films like The Matrix—has taken a major hit.

Elon Musk and others find it plausible that our experiences result from events in a computer simulation, just like the characters in the Matrix movies. An alternative view, supported by both common ...