Physicist proves life in computer simulation: “We are characters in the virtual world”

If you feel like you’re living in a computer simulation like The Matrix, you might actually be on to something, reports the Daily Mail. At least that’s what Melvin Wopson, associate professor of physics at the University of Portsmouth, thinks.

He claims that there are several clues in our lives that suggest that we are just characters in an advanced virtual world, and he is planning an experiment to prove it.

For example, the fact that there are limits to the speed of light and sound suggests that, in the expert’s opinion, they can be controlled by the speed of the computer processor.

The laws of physics that govern the universe are also akin to computer code, he says, while the elementary particles that make up matter are like pixels.

However, one of the most compelling clues is the symmetry we see in the everyday world, from butterflies to flowers, snowflakes and starfish.

Symmetry is everywhere because it’s how machines “represent the digital world,” Professor Wopson told MailOnline.

“This abundance of symmetry (not asymmetry) in the Universe is something that has never been explained,” says Melvin Wopson.

“When we build or design something, we should use the most symmetrical shapes to simplify the process,” explains the scientist. “Just imagine that you are building a house from irregularly shaped bricks. If the bricks were completely irregular in shape, the construction would be practically impossible or much more difficult. The same thing happens when we develop computer programs or virtual realities – and this maximizes efficiency and minimizes energy consumption or processing power.”

The scientist also believes that the bizarre and obscure world of quantum mechanics suggests that life is not what it seems.

Specifically, it points to quantum entanglement, a strange physical phenomenon that legendary physicist Albert Einstein described as “spooky action at a distance.”

Quantum entanglement describes how two particles and their properties become connected without physical contact with each other, explains the Daily Mail.

This means that two different particles placed in different locations, potentially thousands of miles apart, can simultaneously mimic each other.

This is remarkably similar to how two people can interact through virtual reality (VR).

The scientist explains: “Quantum entanglement allows two particles to be intricately linked, so that when you manipulate one, you automatically and immediately manipulate the other, no matter how far apart they are – with an effect that appears to exceed the speed of light.” , which should be impossible.

“However, this can be explained by the fact that in virtual reality code, all ‘locations’ (points) must be approximately the same distance from the CPU,” he says. “So although we may think that two particles are at a distance millions of light years apart, this would not be the case if they were created in a simulation.”

Professor Wopson has already argued that information is the fifth state of matter, after solid, liquid, gas and plasma.

This could be the key to an experiment that he hopes can prove that we are living in a computer simulation.

He wants to combine elementary particles and “antiparticles” in a device he hopes to build.

“All particles have ‘anti’ versions of themselves that are identical but have opposite charges,” he says in an article for The Conversation.

If particles emit light of a certain frequency when they collide and annihilate, this would mean that the particles contain information that is trying to escape.

And if the particles contain information, it shows that our reality is most likely a computer program – and that we are living in a simulation.

Professor Wopson outlined his hypothesis in a new book, published in September, called Rebooting Reality: The Science of a Simulated Universe.

In it, he outlines his view of simulation theory, which is “inherently speculative” because it attempts to answer philosophical questions as much as it uses particle physics.

The simulation theory is not unique to Professor Wopson; in fact, it is popular among a number of famous figures, including Tesla founder Elon Musk.

At a conference in 2016, Elon Musk said that the likelihood that we live in a “ground reality”—a real universe as opposed to a simulated one—is “one in billions.”