In the most talked-about film from the final year of the 20th century, "The Matrix," a computer hacker named Neo finds that the world he lives and works in isn't real. It's a virtual reality, created ...

The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer ...

The simulation theory is an old belief that everything we know and love is just part of a computer-run simulation. It's a belief that relies on everything we know being part of an advanced virtual ...

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This series of Playable Futures articles considers how the design, technology, people, and theory of video games are informing and influencing the wider world. For this series' final entry, we're ...

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(THE CONVERSATION) In the most talked-about film from the final year of the 20th century, “The Matrix,” a computer hacker named Neo finds that the world he lives and works in isn’t real. It’s a ...