Kipping told Scientific American: “Then you are only left with the simulation hypothesis.” However, the scientist thinks if humans ever create advanced simulation tech then the chances of us living in a simulation ourselves will be higher. He then theorized that we are either living in a simulation or we aren’t so the chances are 50/50. He turned the trilemma into a dilemma by collapsing the last two points into one. Kipping looked into these three concepts, which are known as Bostrom’s “trilemma.” He also suggested that civilizations usually go extinct before they become developed enough to create their own reality or just don’t have an interest in creating one. In that paper, aptly named ‘Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?’, Bostrom theorised that it’s likely we are living in one. This may sound like the plot of the “The Matrix” or even The Sims video game but it’s actually based on work from researchers from renowned universities.Īstronomer David Kipping from Columbia University came to the 50/50 conclusion after re-evaluating a 2003 paper by the University of Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom. There’s a 50 percent chance we’re living in a computer simulation, according to new analysis.Ī scientist from Columbia University in the US claims it’s not too far-fetched to suggest our reality is a computer simulation created by a highly advanced civilization. Phone-addicted women suffering from ‘tech neck’ Oxygen supply on the ISS ‘fails' after leak discovered using teabagĮlon Musk getting a TV show that will reveal how he became ‘genius space billionaire’
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