James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

As I mention often on this blog, I have a great interest in the universe—astrophysics, quantum mechanics, cosmology, all that stuff. With that, I’m no expert in any of it. I just enjoy reading and ...

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Vazza [1] has recently argued against the simulation hypothesis (SH), characterizing it as a “physically unrealistic” proposal on the grounds of the computational resources that would be required to ...

How do you know anything is real? Some things you can see directly, like your fingers. Other things, like your chin, you need a mirror or a camera to see. Other things can’t be seen, but you believe ...

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 ...

How do you know anything is real? Some things you can see directly, like your fingers. Other things, like your chin, you need a mirror or a camera to see. Other things can't be seen, but you believe ...

This video explores the simulation hypothesis as a philosophical and scientific question, outlining why some researchers discuss it and what current science can—and cannot—say about it. Trump's latest ...

Thomas Anderson – otherwise known as Neo – is walking up a flight of stairs when he sees a black cat shake itself and walk past a doorway. Then the moment seems to replay before his eyes. Just a touch ...

Scientists at the University of British Columbia Okanagan say they’ve found a mathematical limit that shuts down the Simulation Hypothesis entirely. Drawing on Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, their ...