The idea that reality might be a kind of cosmic software has shifted from late-night dorm debate to a live question in physics and philosophy. A growing body of work now treats the “simulation ...

What was your favorite toy growing up? This paradox claims that memory—and every other one—is just a random fluctuation.

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 ...

A surprising number of people, if Internet forums are anything to go by, are of the belief that we are living inside a simulation. The idea, made popular by films like The Matrix, is pretty simple to ...

(The Conversation) — In the most talked-about film from the final year of the 20th century, “The Matrix,” a computer hacker named Neo finds that the world he lives and works in isn’t real. It’s a ...