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On the Simulation Hypothesis and Its Implications
Nuclear Physics Laboratory, Lebanese University, Faculty of Sciences (I), Beirut, Lebanon
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Journal of Modern Physics·Volume 12 (2021)·Pages 541–551·Published 8 April 2021·DOI10.4236/jmp.2021.125036
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Abstract
This paper reports on the potential use of video games as well as gaming engines in the domain of physics and artificial intelligence. Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) [1] is used to render the history of the universe back in time to the quantum gravity era and then standard cosmology is assumed for its evolution until the appearance of life that was a simplified model of human-like evolution is rendered. The results of the simulations have a potential implication on the origin of life and matter and favorite the simulation hypothesis of the universe.
KeywordsSimulation HypothesisArtificial IntelligenceQuantum GravityUnreal Engine 4
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