Drawing on Mandrake, Tennyson, Baudrillard and Jonathan Haidt, this essay examines how social media produces parallel selves, erodes attention, and reshapes childhood, ageing and public life—raising ...

New research from UBC Okanagan mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Using Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, scientists found that reality requires “non-algorithmic ...

Scientists prove the universe cannot be a simulation regardless of technology or computing power Quantum gravity theory shows space and time arise from mathematical structures of pure information ...

The true nature of our universe as been an open debate for millennia, and recently, scientists and philosophers have pondered whether it might be a hyper-realistic simulation perpetuated by some super ...

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Bibek Chand is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and International Affairs and the winner of a 2025 Teaching Excellence Award. Simulations are experiential learning tools ...

The Animation Show” is out to change minds. Don Hertzfeldt and Mike Judge want to prove that animation and the short film are crucial forms within the broader rubric of cinema. To make their point, ...

Is this real life? Is this just fantasy? A growing number of scientists are suggesting that the idea that we are all living in a simulation may not be completely far-fetched. Simulation theory is the ...

I enjoyed my time with the original SIMULACRA. It may not have been perfect, but it provided a sense of enjoyment by remotely digging through someone else’s personal life in an effort to uncover a ...

We’ve all been there. You’re scrolling through social media, and suddenly, everyone’s fixated on the same meme, movie, or controversy. Before you know it, you’re sharing opinions, posting your take, ...