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

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

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

New research from UBC Okanagan mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Using Gödel’s ...

Physicist Mir Faizal, Adjunct Professor with UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, was not out to shatter the ...

The notion that we live as characters in someone else’s video game is irresistible to many, even outside of science fiction bookshelves. Googling the term “simulation hypothesis” returns numerous ...

Using the exact kind of reasoning a simulation would use to hide that it’s a simulation. Disclaimer: This article is based on ...

Researchers say they've proven that the fundamental nature of reality simply cannot be simulated on any computer.

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

Simulation theory proposes that our reality is a sophisticated computer simulation, raising profound questions about the nature of consciousness and existence. Simulation theory is a fascinating ...

What if gravity were informed by the way matter was arranged in the universe — and a sign that we were living in a reality composed by a giant computer? In a new paper published in the journal AIP ...

Just Elon Musk's name is enough to evoke an emotional response in many people, ranging from hope and glee in some to anger and disgust in others. But how about existential dread? It's true that one of ...