New evidence back up the idea that we are living in a computer simulation

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The Simulation Hypothesis is the idea that our physical reality is part of a video game-like simulation. Some evidence that supports this hypothesis includes: 

  • Quantum mechanics Particles in determined states, such as specific locations, don’t seem to exist unless you actually observe or measure them. 
  • The speed of light Some have suggested that the speed of light might be “a hardware artifact showing we live in a simulated universe”. 
  • Mega-computers Future generations might have mega-computers that can run numerous and detailed simulations of their forebears. 

The Simulation Hypothesis suggests that our physical reality is part of an increasingly sophisticated video game-like simulation, consisting of pixels with its own internal clock

There’s no real evidence that we live in a simulation. The Simulation Hypothesis is based on a few presumptions, including that advanced civilizations will have the computational ability to simulate very detailed virtual realities. 

Some have suggested that the odds of us living in a simulated reality are about 99.9%. However, a new analysis shows that the odds of us living in base reality are pretty much even. Harvard University physicist Lisa Randall said the odds that the simulation hypothesis is correct are “effectively zero

Some say that we don’t live in a computer simulation because: 

  • There aren’t enough particles in the known universe to sustain the computing power needed for a simulation of this scale. 
  • The “computer” that is hosting such a simulation would have vastly more moving parts and complexities. 
  • The physics governing the computation would likely be way more complicated than the laws of physics in our world for there to be any scientific value. 
  • We cannot accurately reproduce natural laws with computer simulations. 

According to a new analysis, the odds that we are living in base reality—meaning an existence that is not simulated—are pretty much even

Are we, like Neo, living in a Matrix-like computer simulation of reality created by more advanced, possibly post-human beings? Almost certainly, at least according to the following evidence — ranging from the plausible, to the semi-plausible, to the maybe-not-so-plausible — under discussion at the endlessly delightful Are We Living in a Simulation?and Glitch in the Matrix sub-Reddits.

Some people claim to remember TV coverage of Nelson Mandela’s death in the 1980s even though he actually died in 2013. The “Mandela Effect” is therefore supposedly proof that whoever is in charge of our simulation is changing the past. (Or alternately, this is evidence of parallel universes and some individuals have crossed from one universe, in which Mandela died in the ’80s, into ours, where he lived to age 95.) Additional examples of this phenomenon include some remembering the name of the Berenstain Bears children’s-book series being spelled as “Berentstein” and others recalling a nonexistent movie from the 1990s called Shazaam, starring the comedian Sinbad as a genie.

We’ve spent billions sending probes through outer space and should probably have found evidence of extraterrestrials by now, right? Not so fast: Aliens would likely be far more technologically advanced than we are, the thinking goes, so the fact that we haven’t located them suggests we live in a simulation they’ve figured out how to escape from. Or maybe the computer we’re in only has enough RAM to simulate one planetary civilization at a time

Elon Musk is a believer in Nick Bostrom’s simulation hypothesis, which posits that if humanity can survive long enough to create technology capable of running convincing simulations of reality, it will create many such simulations and therefore there will be lots of simulated realities and only one “base reality” — so statistically it’s probably more likely we live in a simulation right now. Further proof that we live in the Matrix, according to Musk, is how cool video games are these days. In 2016, he explained: “40 years ago, we had Pong. Two rectangles and a dot. Now, 40 years later, we have photorealistic 3D with millions playing simultaneously. If you assume any rate of improvement at all, then the games will become indistinguishable from reality, even if that rate of advancement drops by 1,000 from what it is now. It’s a given that we’re clearly on a trajectory that we’re going to have games that are indistinguishable from reality. It would seem to follow that the odds that we’re in base reality is 1 in billions.”

It may be easier to prove that we’re living in a simulation than to prove we’re not. Nuclear physicist Zohreh Davoudi believes that cosmic rays — the most energetic particles known to man — would appear as pixel-like chunks if we are within a simulation, and unending beams if we’re in base reality. Meanwhile, NYU philosopher David Chalmers doubts it’s possible to prove that we don’t live in the Matrix: “You’re not going to get proof that we’re not in a simulation, because any evidence that we get could be simulated.

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