Gates, meanwhile, found РІР‚Сљerror-correcting codesРІР‚Сњ - similar in principle to those used in Web browsers - while studying equations about electrons and quarks, said Scientific American. In 2003, Bostrum suggested that advanced civilizations with massive computing power might decide to run simulations of their ancestors - us - and, given the sophistication of the technology, we wouldnРІР‚в„ўt know that weРІР‚в„ўre nothing more than computer programs.

Other arguments for simulation theory come from philosopher Nick Bostrum and theoretical physicist James Gates. He pointed to the large intelligence gap between chimpanzees and humans despite our 98 percent DNA overlap, arguing that a creature many times our intelligence could both exist and potentially run simulations.

As noted by Scientific American, during the 2016 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate, scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson said the odds of our universe as simulated reality were 50-50. Several well-known scientists and pioneers have expressed their support for simulation theory. If computing power continues to increase along its existing trajectory, itРІР‚в„ўs possible future humans (or other intelligent life) could easily create a universe simulation. In just a few short decades, innovators have developed devices with the capacity to learn and mimic many basic characteristics of human intelligence. Are we inadvertently strengthening the case for simulation theory? The Simulation ArgumentР”Р„lso called the simulation hypothesis, the argument here is simple: All reality is actually an artificial simulation, most likely one run by an advanced supercomputer. Are we living in a computer simulation? Is everything in our universe - from the smallest atom to the largest galaxy - nothing more than a computer science project on some omnipotent beingРІР‚в„ўs hard drive? At first glance, the notion of simulated reality seems ludicrous, but consider advances humankind has already made in computer gaming, virtual reality and robotics.

Are we in a simulation