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Do We Live in a Simulation? Debunking the Modern Myth

Simulation theory may sound scientific, but its best-known argument remains a philosophical thought experiment—not proof that reality is software. Here’s what Bostrom actually argued, what quantum physics does and does not show, and what evidence would be needed to change the verdict.