A former NASA scientist is on a quest to find out if our world is just a simulation. The idea might sound like something from a sci-fi movie, but Thomas Campbell, a physicist who once worked with NASA and the Department of Defense, believes it could be𝓀 true.
The theory suggests that everything we experience, from 🦩our daily routines to surprising coincidences, might be controlled by something beyond our understanding—much like characters in a video game. In 2017, Campbell published a paper with experiments aimed at discovering whether our world is beinꦑg simulated.
Campbell has now created a non-profit organiza𒆙tion called the Center for the Unification of Science and Consciousness (CUSAC) to continue his research. Scientists at California State Polytechnic University (CalPol🤪y) are helping to test Campbell's experiments.
CUSAC's website e🐻xplains that one of its main goals is "to develop fundamental knowledge and understanding, of both the self and the evolving information system that appears to be the source of all reality, through rigorous scientific investigation of both physical reality and consciousness."
According to a press release from CUSAC, Campbell’s experiments are 'expected to provide strong scientific evidence that we live in a computer-simulated virtual reality'. He believes that our consciousness is not a product of the simul♏ation but is essential to it, suggesting that the universe cannot exist without a player—us—at its center.
While t🐼h𒀰is theory is intriguing, it will become even more fascinating if Campbell's experiments produce supporting evidence. He noted his five experiments could 'challenge the conventional understanding of reality and uncover profound connections between consciousness and the cosmos'.
The news about Campbell’s experiments has received mixed reactions. Some people think he might be onto something, while others are skeptical. On Reddit, one user pointed out: "If we were in a simulation, wouldn’t any tests to prove it turn up negative sinc♎e the simulation would be programmed to falsify the results?" Another joked: "I wouldn’t even film myself sleeping to prove if I am haunted and you want me to find out if I live in a simulation?”
