Are we living in a simulation? - Zohreh Davoudi
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All life on Earth— living and inanimate, microscopic and cosmic— is governed by mathematical laws with apparently arbitrary constants. And this opens up a question: If the universe is completely governed by these laws, couldn’t a powerful enough computer simulate it exactly? Could our reality actually be a detailed simulation set in place by a more advanced civilization? Zohreh Davoudi investigates.
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Meet The Creators
- Director
- Eoin Duffy
- Educator
- Zohreh Davoudi
- Narrator
- Christina Greer
- Sound Designer
- QB Sound
- Music
- QB Sound
