The idea that we’re living inside a simulation, as popularized by “The Matrix” franchise, has piqued the interest of scientists for decades. “It has been suggested that the universe could be simulated,” said Faizal in a statement. The team employed mathematician Kurt Gödel’s incompleteness theorems, which state that any consistent mathematical system contains true statements that can’t be proven. “We have demonstrated that it is impossible to describe all aspects of physical reality using a computational theory of quantum gravity,” Faizal explained. More on the simulation theory: The Man Who Proposed Simulation Theory Has a Dire Warning