The natural complexity of the universe should phase out the possibility of some advanced civilization controlling reality itself, researchers argue.

It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...

Yampolskiy continues this tradition of exploring the boundaries of a possible simulation and specifically exploring ways to ...

A new mathematical proof debunks simulation theory, showing our universe can’t be reduced to computation. Scientists reveal ...

The odds suggest humans are almost certainly living in a simulation, according to Nick Bostrom’s simulation trilemma and ...

Up until now, the simulation hypothesis was deemed to be un-testable in philosophy and science and often dismissed as pure ...

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.

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Are we living in “The Matrix” in real life? In the 1999 science-fiction film, Neo discovers that the universe is a simulation — but one scientist believes that the idea isn’t all fiction. Dr. Melvin ...

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 ...

Disclaimer: I am a fan of Elon Musk. I like what I know of him personally. I admire his courage and vision (open-source Tesla technology!). And I have no doubt that his IQ is close to twice what I'm ...