A computer simulation or a computer model is a computer program that attempts to simulate an abstract model of a particular system. Computer simulations have become a useful part of mathematical ...

In principle, anything can be simulated with a computer with sufficient power. Bostrom argued that for advanced civilizations, such an intricate simulation would be rather easy for those wanting ...

Perhaps we should hope we're living in a computer simulation. Existing in a digital reality may mean the world won't fall to some terrible demise, like humans suddenly going extinct or tech ...

For all we know we are, in fact, in a vast computer simulation. Here’s a version of the simulation argument that I am fond of. Suppose that the commonly held view in astrobiology that there is ...

If real life seems like just too much, take comfort in this theory: scientists say odds are even that we’re living in a simulation.The coin flip depends a great deal on science we may uncover in ...

Now a team of scientists at Oxford University has demolished the theory that we are all living in a computer simulation that's been masterminded by alien overlords. Science fiction fans and modern ...

Theoretical physicists have dispelled the idea we are living in a Matrix-style computer simulation, calculating that not all aspects of our reality can be simulated efficiently using computers.

What if we—meaning all of humankind and the entire universe we inhabit—are part of a simulation that some future civilization’s powerful computers built for us?

The notion that we live as characters in someone else’s video game is irresistible to many, even outside of science fiction bookshelves. Googling the term “simulation hypothesis” returns ...

CO2 levels in the atmosphere are likely higher today than ever before in the past 3 million years. During this time, global mean temperatures never exceeded the preindustrial levels by more than 2°C.