the universe is a simulation theme
We must ponder the possibility that all we know is just a simulation within a larger reality.
Notes
Typically the simulation is featured as being within a computer, but this is not a requirement. The simulation might be a physical contained space within a larger reality.
Examples
Dr. James Moriarty was to unwittingly live out his simulated life in a simulated universe in tng6x12 "Ship in a Bottle", but who knows: maybe we all are?
18 total · 5 choice · 10 major · 3 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: The Nines (2007) | choice | The universe was apparently created by alien Gary much in the way a video game is. |
| movie: The Thirteenth Floor (1999) | choice | The grand revelation of the film is that Douglas Hall was a simulated person in a simulated Los Angeles of the year 1999. This conclusion invites the viewer to ponder whether they themself might be a simulated person inside a giant simulated reality. |
| movie: World on a Wire (1973) | choice | It turned out that Dr. Stiller was living inside a simulated reality. |
| pkded1x05 | choice | We didn't know who of Sarah and George lived a real life and who didn't. |
| voy2x03 | choice | The Doctor became delusional and concluded he was a real person living in a holodeck simulated reality. |
| blackmirror4x01 | major | We are made to ponder whether we ourselves are digital people inside a giant simulated universe. |
| blackmirror4x04 | major | We were made to think that the world we saw was real but then learn it's an elaborate simulation. |
| ds92x16 | major | Much of what the simulated people knew was in fact a simulation inside a larger reality. |
| ent4x22 | major | We are made to ponder whether all of the show had been a simulation on the holodeck. |
| movie: Open Your Eyes (1997) | major | It turned out that César had been cryogenically preserved and was experiencing extremely lucid and lifelike virtual reality dreams. |