The idea that reality might be a kind of cosmic software has moved from late night dorm debates into serious physics journals ...

If you've heard of simulation theory -- the idea that our entire universe could be running inside of some sort of extra-dimensional computer -- there's a good chance you encountered it from a high ...

A viral theory claims world ended in 2012 and humanity now lives in a simulation. The idea is linked to Mayan calendar and ...

A new research paper reframes the simulation hypothesis, asking whether reality could be simulated and what science can test.

(The Conversation) — In the most talked-about film from the final year of the 20th century, “The Matrix,” a computer hacker named Neo finds that the world he lives and works in isn’t real. It’s a ...

Peter Thiel thinks there is an “inter-departmental rivalry” between physicists and computer scientists. Thiel called the recent shift to the simulation theory of the universe “a bit strange”. He says ...

We’ve all been there. Somebody, maybe a friend of a friend who has nothing of relevance to add to the conversation, wonders aloud if this is all a simulation. It’s not exactly a reference to The ...

If we’re all living inside a complex computer simulation, we should probably accept our fate — lest our universe get unplugged. Greene invokes the idea of a double-blind clinical trial, the gold ...