There are some among us anxious that humans are nothing more than a preserved collection of brains floating in glass containers.
ScienceLovers, Oxford - Is our life in the world just a simulation?
There are some among us anxious that human beings are nothing more than a preserved collection of brains floating in glass containers.
According to that view, the brains in the container are fed with fake versions of the real world through a series of cables.
The theory put forward is that we all live in a computer simulation controlled by an alien employer.
Scientific fiction enthusiasts and modern philosophers have long debated whether this world is actually the same as what we see.
Fortunately, as quoted from News.com.au on Wednesday (4/10/2017), a team from Oxford University in England has undermined the theory in question.
After the 1990's The Matrix classic movie, many people question whether the "Brain in a Vat" philosophy scenario actually becomes our reality.
However, the view that a computer is capable of generating massive simultaneous interactions is something "impossible," for example. Similarly, according to a study published in the journal Science Advances.
After doing some meticulous calculations, Zohar Ringel and Dmitry Kovrizhi calculated that just for storing information about a handful of electrons alone we need more atoms than the one in the universe.
In fact, electrons are very small particles.
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The finding eases the theory put forward by Professor Brian Cox who argues that the entire universe may have been created by a "very clever computer programmer."
It sounds odd, but such a view is also recognized by a number of prominent figures including Elon Musk. According to Musk, there is the possibility of "one in several billion" that we do not operate at the will of others.
Two Oxford University scientists were initially tested the study of the mysterious phenomena in physics involving magnetic fields, but then even managed to answer the puzzle about the simulation.
When it revealed that some natural phenomena could never be simulated by a computer, they confirmed that our anxiety would never happen.
Andrew Masterton, editor for Cosmos, writes, "Due to the requirement of the physical amount of computers required to store information even for a small subset, the anxiety that we unconsciously live in the widespread version of The Matrix can be muted forever."
