Physicist Proposes the Bible as Evidence for Living in a Simulated Reality

Imagine, for a moment, that your entire existence is not real. While this sounds like something out of The Matrix, the idea that we are living in a computer simulation is taken seriously by some leading thinkers. In fact, they argue that it may even be more probable than the notion of a “real” world.

Physics professor Melvin Vopson proposes a provocative theory: God could be an artificial intelligence governing a simulated reality.

Vopson, a physicist at the University of Portsmouth, suggests that the Bible may hold clues to understanding this simulated existence. He points to a verse from the Gospel of John:

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

Professor interprets “the Word” as the fundamental code that drives the simulation. He suggests that this code is not separate from the divine but may actually represent an AI that created and governs our universe.

“The code running the simulation is not separate from the divine, but rather an integral part of it, perhaps an AI,” he explained to Mail Online.

“It implies a Creator who brought the simulated universe into existence through the Word (i.e., the code). It suggests that the act of creation, as described in the Bible, could be analogous to a divine act of programming and simulation.”

He also points out how this interpretation fits with modern developments like AI and reflects the themes in The Matrix.

Despite these ideas, there remains no definitive proof that we are living in a simulation, much less that the Bible is offering insight into such a reality.

“Instead of viewing the simulated universe hypothesis as antagonistic to religious beliefs, one can see it as offering a complementary perspective,” Vopson adds.

The professor has previously pointed out that our lives are filled with clues indicating we might just be characters in a highly sophisticated virtual world. One such clue is the limitation on the speed of light and sound, which he believes could be a reflection of the constraints of a computer processor.

He also compares the laws of physics to computer code, suggesting that the fundamental particles that make up matter are similar to pixels in a digital display.

Additionally, he speculates that the widespread presence of symmetry in nature—from flowers and butterflies to snowflakes—could be a power-saving strategy used by the machines running this digital simulation.