A physicist has mounted one of the most detailed technical challenges yet against the idea that our universe is a computer ...

Few scientific ideas have leapt from philosophy seminars to dinner-table debates as quickly as the claim that our universe ...

The simulation hypothesis has challenged our fundamental notions of reality and captured the imaginations of millions.

The simulation hypothesis is an impressive logical and philosophical argument that has challenged our fundamental notions of reality.

A simulated tour at Metaverse Fashion Week in March 2022 hosted by Decentraland, a 3D virtual world platform. (Vittorio Zunino Celotto / Getty Images) There’s a new creation story going around. In the ...

Some things you can see directly, like your fingers. Other things, like your chin, you need a mirror or a camera to see.

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(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 ...