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

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The heart of the Midwest is becoming the hub of activity in a new computer research project that benefits education, research and industry around the globe. The Purdue ...

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Some people fear we humans are nothing more than pickled brains floating in a glass bowl as we're fed a false version of reality through a bundle of wires. Now a team of scientists at Oxford ...

What if the classic late 90s sci-fi flick The Matrix actually had it right? What if we're all just living inside of a computer simulation? That's the idea behind a 2003 paper by Nick Bostrom, a ...

A groundbreaking study from the University of British Columbia Okanagan challenges the simulation hypothesis, proving that the universe cannot be a simulation due to fundamental mathematical truths.

New psychoactive substances, originally developed as potential analgesics but abandoned due to adverse side effects, may ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Simulation finds quarantining is most effective in controlling human spread as long as it is done when number of infected people is as low as two ...