That we’re living in a computer simulation—it sounds like a paranoid fantasy. But it’s a possibility that futurists, philosophers, and scientific cosmologists treat increasingly seriously. Oxford ...

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 ...

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 ...