Physicists may prove we exist in a computer simulation

The movies "The 13th Floor" has this exact same premise. Exactly the same. This article's spirit was addressed in the movie, which was released almost 10 years ago.

Nice to see the question of whether we're the top-most host universe of a simulation within it finally being addressed by Physicists.

Lol I thought about this after watching a interesting episode of Nova years ago, very stoned, they leaned me to it.

@guest this ideas been around since computers

p.s. Maybe it was into the worm hole, anyways what got me is that sub atomic particles make a place for you in the Universe before you begin to move to that place. If that's not a giant math equation what is. Where for out though free will?

Or of course god.

This idea has been around for hundreds of year at least.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_demon
Although thanks to the Matrix's take on it, it now revolves around a computer simulation instead of an evil demon but the basics are the same.

Stephen Hawking says nearly the exact same thing in his book, "A Brief History of Time". There are certain constants in the universe which seem to point to a designer. I prefer to keep an open mind to the idea of a creator as their is evidence for it. However, it bugs me when people dismiss the idea without formal consideration. I also find this quote by Hawking to be interesting.
?Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe? The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?? Hawking is an extremely intelligent man and an atheist but I appreciate the fact that he does not shy away from hard questions that stretch the bounds of science, philosophy, and religion.

Jeez, what does it even matter

@Twixtea
Well, if it was proven that there was "Intellegent Design" in the creation of the Universe, it would definatly point to a "Creator". Maybe not the "God" versions, but definatly intellegent. Which would not dicount "God", but would show that, A. W e are not alone in the universe. B: There is a Creator. C: Life would be everywhere in the universe as no intellegent creature (I hesitate to say being) would waste that much space.

It would explain why no one from the future has come back in time yet...xD

This proves only that we are nowhere near the correct theory about Universe, matter and time and maybe it's time to re-consider our basics.

Some Physicists have far too much time on their hands, have taken way too much acid, and obviously have no accumen to cure Cancer et al.

hehehehe

Better scientist who ask if this is "real" then a regular human who thinks in god(s) (not aliens).

Maybe there are some hackers out there to prolong our lives.

Lol, being in a computer simulation and playing the sims 3. Makes sense.

What if we were created by man or computer using a time machine in the future?

An article about the origin of the universe and out of the 31 comments only one post mentioned a bible verse? Oh come on, religious people! You can do better than that! We need our Saturday morning coffee entertainment!

Yes, we live in a computer software, and global warming is just a bug or glitches happen

Hm, I not physic if any kind but that lattice limitation...Is that similar to rounding errors?

*physicist
Sorry I'm using Swype.

science doesnt disprove religion, therefore religion is irrelevant to any science article, including this one.

The find the intelligence level of some of these comments, quite amusing *Sits back with Coffee in hand*. I could start trouble by saying, anyone who knows David Icke will know he has spoken on the subject for decades.

No better than any other creationist theory: it points at something we don't fully understand yet as "proof," meanwhile using weasel words as only authority. This New Age version is no better than the Christian one.

Any species capable of creating consciousness in computer simulations would have achieved a Technological Singularity and would therefore have no more need for computer simulations, as it would be a computer, and instead of simulations it would just use its imagination. The difference between simulation and imagination is that when we imagine someone, we don't give it a consciousness of its own. And even if it would have any use to do so, it would be inhumane.

What's a Technological Singularity?