The concept that we are all computer-generated characters occupying a world as real as the ones gamers explore on their PlayStation consoles isn't exactly a new one. As far back as 1999, Morpheus was ...

Are we living in “The Matrix” in real life? In the 1999 science-fiction film, Neo discovers that the universe is a simulation — but one scientist believes that the idea isn’t all fiction. Dr. Melvin ...

Do we live in a simulation? Philosopher Nick Bostrom proposed the “Simulation Hypothesis” in 2001, arguing that humanity could live in a constructed universe run by a computer simulation that ...

It may sound like the outlandish plot of a poorly conceived science-fiction flick. But some scientists now claim that humanity, the Earth, and everything else in the universe are really part of a ...

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Sounds like Neil deGrasse Tyson has taken the red pill. Count the esteemed physicist as a believer in the Matrix-esque possibility that the world we know could actually be a highly-complex computer ...

A group of leading scientists, philosophers and astrophysicists have claimed there's a strong chance we could actually be living in a Matrix-style virtual reality. One which - like the film - we have ...