Living in a Simulation

Is it possible that we are living in an imaginary world? That is the premise of many science fiction stories, but some scientists have begun to wonder whether it’s not a fantasy. Perhaps what we think of as reality is a computer simulation and we’re basically just advanced versions of The Sims and don’t know it. I talk with the author and entrepreneur Rizwan Virk about why The Matrix might be closer to the truth than we realize, and what advanced civilization might be lurking outside our reality. And we’ll hear one of my favorite stories from the podcast Snap Judgment, where the journalist Stephanie Foo creates a version of herself in The Sims and discovers eerie parallels to her own life. “Sim Stephanie” was originally produced for the show Snap Judgment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices