Theoretical physics offers intriguing possibilities regarding the simulation hypothesis. Concepts like string theory and multiverse theory provide frameworks in which a simulated universe could exist.

Few scientific ideas have leapt from philosophy seminars to dinner-table debates as quickly as the claim that our universe might be an artificial construct. The simulation hypothesis promises a ...

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 ...