Here’s why some people believe we’re living in a computer simulation of reality – like a giant video game in which we’re all the characters.
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The technology that has helped propel the simulation theory may be new, but the questions it explores are ancient.
Suppose the law of gravity is simply a byproduct of the universe operating under a computer-like code.
If the average amount of information conveyed by an event is always decreasing, it could mean we live in a computer program.
Philosopher Nick Bostrom’s theory suggests there’s a one-in-three probability we live in a simulation.
A new theory of language suggests that people understand words by unconsciously simulating what they describe. Repeated exposure – and the simulation that comes with it – makes it easier to act.
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