French mathematician Rene Descartes, in 1637, announced the “first principle” of his philosophy in scholarly Latin: “Cogito, ergo sum.” Its eloquent simplicity has haunted us ever since: “I think, ...

A University of Portsmouth physicist has explored whether a new law of physics could support the much-debated theory that we are simply characters in an advanced virtual world. The simulated universe ...

Since the computational rules in the Platonic realm could, in principle, resemble those of a computer simulation, couldn't that realm itself be simulated? No, say the researchers. Their work reveals ...