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

Are we living in a simulated reality? If so, it has to be economically viable for whoever is running the machines.

For more than two decades, some scientists have pondered the possibility that life as we know is actually an unfathomably complex simulation. While some suggest looking for “glitches” to find evidence ...

The big thinkers at Aperture examine arguments for and against the universe being a simulation.

Physicist Mir Faizal, Adjunct Professor with UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, was not out to shatter the dreams of science fiction enthusiasts when he began to study the limits of ...

File this one under "fun to think about, probably not changing your day job": a new study just dropped that suggests gravity itself might be the smoking gun that our entire universe is one big ...

At the 2016 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate at the American Museum of Natural History, the question of whether or not the universe is a simulation was addressed. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, who ...

It’s a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced civilization’s supercomputer. But new research from UBC Okanagan has mathematically ...

Here’s why some people believe we’re living in a computer simulation of reality – like a giant video game in which we’re all the characters.