R is an open-source programming language and environment with powerful and extensive features for data analysis, data visualization, and statistical computing. Although R first appeared in the 1990s, ...

Simulation theory proposes that our reality is a sophisticated computer simulation, raising profound questions about the nature of consciousness and existence. Simulation theory is a fascinating ...

A new research paper reframes the simulation hypothesis, asking whether reality could be simulated and what science can test.

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 ...

In this week's It’s Debatable article, Rick Rosen and Charles Moster debate whether we're all living in a computer simulation like the Matrix. Rosen retired as a professor from the Texas Tech ...

Wesley Wildman is Executive Director of the Non-Profit Research Institute, the Center for Mind and Culture, Inc. (CMAC), which conducts the Modeling Religion Project. CMAC has received funding from ...

We have long taken it for granted that gravity is one of the basic forces of nature–one of the invisible threads that keeps the universe stitched together. But suppose that this is not true. Suppose ...

Unless you, dear reader, are a web-scraping software bot quietly pulling this text into a data-hungry LLM, you’re probably a human. And though you’ve likely never seen me in person, you have good ...