Physicists have spent decades arguing over whether our universe is a fundamental reality or a kind of cosmic software, and ...

The idea that reality might be a computer simulation has moved from philosophical thought to scientific discussion. Advances ...

We have long taken it for granted that gravity is one of the basic forces of nature–one of the invisible threads that keeps the universe stitched together. But suppose that this is not true. Suppose ...

Computer Simulation Technology (CST, Darmstadt, Germany) has entered into an agreement with Agilent Technologies whereby the companies will integrate CST’s Microwave Studio software into the Agilent ...

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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 ...

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 ...