Anyone who’s a fan of ‘The Matrix’ might wonder whether what we see is, in fact, reality. If you get an overwhelming feeling of déjà vu, don’t panic—an Agent will soon be with you.

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 ...

The idea that reality might be a kind of cosmic software has shifted from late-night dorm debate to a live question in physics and philosophy. A growing body of work now treats the “simulation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spoiler: You are not living in a simulation. Advanced simulations have been the subject of fiction from The Matrix to the season ...

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