Robert Lempert, a RAND researcher who lost his home in the Palisades fire, hopes to use computer simulations, and his ...

The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Edward Segal covers crisis-related news, topics, and issues. Like pilots, some business executives are using computer simulations ...

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

“There’s a one in a billion chance that this is reality.” – Elon Musk There is a growing school of thought in the scientific community that we are all living inside a computer simulation designed by a ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The popular film trilogy, The Matrix, presented a cyberuniverse where humans live in a simulated ...

“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch,” said Carl Sagan, “you must first invent the universe.” A new simulation of the evolution of the universe, called the Illustris Project, is a start. Led ...

What if we are merely part of an experiment by an advanced civilization? To the Editor: Re “Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?,” by Preston Greene (Sunday Review, Aug. 11): Let me get this ...

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 ...

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have built what they claim is the most accurate simulation of a functioning brain to date. Despite a seemingly unimpressive count of only 2.5 million neurons, ...