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

If you’re interested in VR, you’ve probably thought at least once or twice about the simulation hypothesis—the idea that we might actually already be living in a virtual reality world. Many people are ...

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

Do We Live In a Simulation? Gauging whether or not we dwell inside someone else’s computer may come down to advanced AI ...

Musk's theory that we're living inside a computer simulation is nothing new. But it is the worst possible time to be talking about it. Chris is a veteran tech, entertainment and culture journalist, ...

Science doesn’t have all the answers. There are plenty of things it may never prove, like whether there’s a God. Or whether we’re living in a computer simulation, something proposed by Swedish ...

In fact, the Euclid Consortium, the international group managing the European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope, just ...

It is an idea that lies between science fiction and philosophical debate until you take a hard look at the trajectory of quantum computing and how eerily close we are to being able to build a similar ...

Good news, everyone: According to new physics research, reality is probably not a quantum computer simulation designed by a hyper-advanced alien civilization. Takes a load off, doesn’t it? To back up: ...

Philosopher Nick Bostrom published a rather convincing argument in 2003 that we’re probably living in a computer simulation. Read it and you’ll understand why Elon Musk says, “The odds that we’re ...