# Are we living in a simulation?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Zohreh Davoudi
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics, Computer science, Astronomy and space, Philosophy, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/zohreh_davoudi_are_we_living_in_a_simulation)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

All life on Earth— living and inanimate, microscopic and cosmic— is governed by mathematical laws with apparently arbitrary constants. And this opens up a question: If the universe is completely governed by these laws, couldn't a powerful enough computer simulate it exactly? Could our reality actually be a detailed simulation set in place by a more advanced civilization? Zohreh Davoudi investigates. \[Directed by Eoin Duffy, narrated by Christina Greer, music by QB Sound\].

## Lectures

1. [Are we living in a simulation?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/zohreh_davoudi_are_we_living_in_a_simulation/332a970979bd), 5 min (TED's player)