Gravity used to be the most down-to-earth of ideas, the thing that kept apples falling and planets in line. Now a growing ...

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

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

The U.S. military will stop its practice of shooting pigs and goats to help prepare medics for treating wounded troops in a combat zone.

According to God of Prompt on X (formerly Twitter), discussions around simulation theory are gaining traction in the AI community, particularly as companies explore ...

The long-debated idea that we might all be living in a computer simulation—popularized by science fiction films like The Matrix—has taken a major hit. A new study from researchers at the University of ...

Abstract: Output comparison between simulation model and real world reference system is commonly regarded to be the acid test of model credibility. As sound as the comparison-based approach may seem, ...

Are we inhabitants of a computational construct rather than a mind-independent, “base” reality? The simulation question forces a confrontation with first principles: What counts as evidence? What is a ...