The idea that reality might be a computer simulation has moved from philosophical thought to scientific discussion. Advances in technology and physics-global tech spending at $4.5 trillion in 2024 ...

The late ‘90s were a weird time. Home computing became increasingly common and the internet hatched into existence, still gooey and ill-mannered. As we turned the millennial page, technology promised ...

Elon Musk recently stated that he believes that humanity might be living inside a simulation, similar to the Keanu Reeves ...

A mathematical proof has finally debunked the idea that we live in a simulation, according to a group of international researchers. The theory that the universe could be a computer programme has been ...

Peter Thiel thinks there is an “inter-departmental rivalry” between physicists and computer scientists. Thiel called the recent shift to the simulation theory of the universe “a bit strange”. He says ...

You’re gonna want your virtual reality goggles for this hour of radio because filmmaker Rodney Ascher is taking us into the matrix. No, not the movie with Keanu Reeves. Ascher has made a movie about ...

The simulated universe theory implies that our universe, with all its galaxies, planets and life forms, is a meticulously programmed computer simulation. In this scenario, the physical laws governing ...

Even if we are in a simulation, the people who inhabit that simulation are still conscious beings—and as such, they have rights and obligations thus it is wrong to cause them pain and suffering (this, ...

Bank of America recently estimated that the effect of delta hedging by option market makers has artificially reduced S&P 500 index volatility by 2.7 points over the past month (a 21% fall in ...

I was invited by the American Humanist Association to present the arguments of my paper “Natural Evil and the Simulation Hypothesis” at the national conference this past weekend. It was fun: I met a ...