New research from UBC Okanagan mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Using Gödel’s ...
Researchers say they've proven that the fundamental nature of reality simply cannot be simulated on any computer.
Physicist Mir Faizal, Adjunct Professor with UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, was not out to shatter the dreams of science fiction enthusiasts when he began to study the limits of ...
Europe’s first exascale supercomputer has just smashed a global quantum benchmark, simulating a full 50-qubit universal ...
A research team at the Jülich Supercomputing Center, together with experts from NVIDIA, has set a new record in quantum ...
The natural complexity of the universe should phase out the possibility of some advanced civilization controlling reality itself, researchers argue.
In the most talked-about film from the final year of the 20th century, "The Matrix," a computer hacker named Neo finds that ...
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What if we are merely part of an experiment by an advanced civilization? To the Editor: Re “Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?,” by Preston Greene (Sunday Review, Aug. 11): Let me get this ...
Imagine you are a newly promoted principal, replacing a principal who’d left the job after only one year. Right before your first staff meeting you are confronted with a challenge with which you have ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Edward Segal covers crisis-related news, topics, and issues. Like pilots, some business executives are using computer simulations ...