Are You an NPC?
Ten questions. Five possible roles. One slightly judgmental simulation.
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Experience Reality Beyond Reality
Essays, stories and thought experiments about simulation theory, consciousness, philosophy and sci-fi — for the curious.
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One in Billions: Elon Musk, Pong, and the Odds You're Real
In 2016 Elon Musk put the odds of living in "base reality" at one in billions. We check his math, his sources, and our own render distance.
Would a Simulated Mind Be Conscious?
Simulation theory quietly assumes that minds can run on any hardware. That's one of the biggest open questions in science and philosophy.
Patch Notes
Version 4.2.1 of reality includes several bug fixes, one deprecation, and a message for a single user. A short story.
From Plato's Cave to the Matrix: A Short History of Doubting Reality
Long before computers, philosophers wondered whether the world we perceive is the world that is. A tour of the big ideas.
Render Distance
A lighthouse keeper notices that the fog never lifts in the same place twice. A short story.
The Simulation Argument, Explained Without the Hype
Nick Bostrom's 2003 argument doesn't say we live in a simulation. It says something stranger — and harder to dodge.