The World

Today in class, we read a article about a theory that our existence is a computer stimulation. Leading us to come up with the question, Is the world real? Scientists bring up the topic that our world is a virtual reality inside a computer system. The reasoning behind this is that everything in the universe is essentially backed up against mathematical evidence, just like coding in a computer. Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the museum's Hayden Planetariums, put the odds at a 50-50 chance, that our existence is a program on some one else's hard drive. However, I don't believe that our world is purely a game. This is because our perception is reality. If we are capable of thinking, having emotions then in fact we are real. Also, said by René Descartes, the idea that we can question are existence is what makes us authentic not artificial. Therefore, I side with theoretical physicist, Lisa Randall. That this idea's truth is effectively zero.