More than you might think,

More than you might think, of that thing that you're thinking about. There's a real chance that we and everyone around us are just a simulation. AI and computers are advancing at a mind-blowing rate. If this trend continues, the day will come when we can simulate an entire world. Now if we can simulate, how would we know that another civilization hasn't already done this to us? A philosopher at Oxford University raised this idea back in 2003. And he gave three to back it up. First, technology is advancing at an incredible at this rate, computers will be powerful enough to simulate a world where we actually think they're alive. And third, if a civilization can build one of these worlds, they could easily simulated world simulated world. So if we can simulate the characters in that world will one day advance and create their own simulated world. and it could go on forever. The dark part is that all the creatures in think they're living in the real. The implication is terrifying. When we only have one real world and alongside simulated worlds, the chance that we're actually in that one real world is essentially zero. Meaning there's a very high probability that we're inside. A while ago, Elon Musk made this exact argument and said that with this level where we have the chance our world is real is one in a. Now there are also some signs that if you pay attention, you can actually be in a simulation. Let me explain it with a game like Minecraft. In this game, the computer can't load the entire map at once because it would require insane processing power. The system only that you're currently looking at. Now if you could move through the game at an incredibly high speed, you'd outpace the world being you and the game crash. That's exactly why there's a speed cap in the so the system has enough time to render the world ahead of. Now think about the speed of light. Why can't we move faster than the speed of light? Maybe it's a limitation that programmers placed on this world so that the system has enough time to render the environment without crashing. Let's look at another example that shows we might be in a simulation, one that was recently introduced by a physicist. This physicist proposed a fascinating hypothesis, with an example. When your phone running low on the system tries to compress files or clear extra data to run more efficiently. This physicist's that the exact same thing happens throughout the entire universe. From the DNA in atoms and all galaxies, the universe is constantly compressing and optimizing its data to become more efficient. Just like a smart computer system. Of course, this hypothesis and hasn't been proven. So up to this point, there's a good chance we're in a simulation, with very little chance of it being real. But there's a very compelling argument that raises the probability of us being real in a striking