• Question: Could the matrix theory be true at all?

    Asked by dizzyg12 to Simon, Susan on 22 Nov 2013.
    • Photo: Simon Langley-Evans

      Simon Langley-Evans answered on 22 Nov 2013:

      Hi dizzyg

      I don’t think so no. It is an exciting story, but like most science fiction, there are too many problems with the science behind it for it to ever be a reality. Movies always have to sacrifice hard scientific fact (which is sometimes pretty dull) for the sake of excitement.

    • Photo: Susan Skelton

      Susan Skelton answered on 22 Nov 2013:

      Hey dizzy!
      I don’t think it could be true either, but it’s an interesting theory. Things seem ‘real’ to me, but I suppose we could never know for sure whether we are someone else’s computer simulation or not! What is ‘real’ anyway?!

      I’m not sure about being someone’s computer simulation, but some scientists do believe that there might be someone else outside our universe, either watching us, or pulling the puppet strings, but we don’t know for sure.

      I think it would be really hard to test this theory because we will never be able to see anything outside our own universe. Light cannot travel in or out, so how could we ever know if there was anything else out there?

      What do you think, dizzy?

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