The reality we understand and interact with daily might, according to some scientists, be nothing more than an elaborate simulation. This hypothesis, intriguing as it may be, is supported by various ...

It might seem obvious that the world around us is real. Yet as computers have become ever more powerful, it seems increasingly possible that everything we experience could be nothing more than code ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Physicist Mir Faizal, Adjunct Professor with UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, was not out to shatter the dreams of science fiction enthusiasts when he began to study the limits of ...

If we were living in a computer simulation, would we be able to tell we were living in a computer simulation? It's a question that's difficult to answer, but physicist Melvin Vopson of the University ...

It’s a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced civilization’s supercomputer. But new research from UBC Okanagan has mathematically ...

Back in 2003, when he was at Oxford, Bostrom penned an influential philosophical paper with the incredible title of “Are You ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. It might be human nature, especially for those who don’t look to religion for answers, to try to come up with a theory of ...