In virtual reality, this limit would correspond to the speed limit of the processor or the processing power limit. We know that an overloaded processor slows down computer processing in a simulation.

In the early 2000s, philosopher Nick Bostrom proposed that our reality is a computer simulation dreamed up by a highly advanced civilization, echoing the plot of the 1999 blockbuster "The Matrix." ...

From a practical perspective, if a simulation is indistinguishable from reality, then it may as well be treated as reality. It's also an important pillar of science that theories must be testable.

Likewise, by locating a computer in the realm of Forms, we have a philosophical foundation for constructing the computer simulation metaphor-based model of reality.

When we experience the world, we believe it’s an accurate reflection of reality. But what if it’s all an illusion? From the ...

The trilemma That’s it. That’s Bostrom’s simulation argument: That once somebody, somewhere, at some time, develops the ability to create faithfully simulated brains, most brains in the ...

A mathematician thinks he can probably hack the simulation we may or may not all be living in. The gist of simulation theory is that technology can eventually reach a point where the laws of ...

Dr. David Peterson argues that if we are indeed living in a computer simulation of reality, we can probably hack it — by submitting feature requests.

The simulation argument is the latest in a long tradition of philosophical thinking that questions the ultimate nature of the reality we experience.

Key points There is no good evidence or argument that people are living in a computer simulation. There is abundant evidence that people are real, living in the real world.

In this week's It’s Debatable article, Rick Rosen and Charles Moster debate whether we're all living in a computer simulation like the Matrix. Rosen retired as a professor from the Texas Tech ...