TECH - Are We Living In A Multiverse Or A Simulation? Depends On Who You Ask Says Peter Thiel | Benzinga
German-American billionaire and PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) co-founder Peter Thiel thinks there is an "interdepartmental rivalry" and depending on who you ask, we are either living in a multiverse or a simulation.
What Happened: In the World of DaaS podcast with Auren Hoffman, Thiel tried to explain the clash between computer scientists and physicists when it comes to the age-old question of the birth of the universe and life in it – is it a simulation or are we in a multiverse?
The world of science is divided when it comes to this, with some suggesting that there is a 50:50 possibility of it being a simulation or a multiverse.
However, more recently, there has been a notable shift towards the possibility of us being in a simulation.
"Within the AI context, there is the question about how this shift to the simulation theory of the universe happened," Thiel said.
He called the shift a bit strange, adding that this was a "social status game where ...