This series of posts reflects my observations that suggest we are living inside a computer simulation. I'll continue adding to it as I come across new signs that further reinforce this idea.

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The Building Blocks

Atoms, the building blocks of matter, are mostly empty space.

This concept can be challenging to grasp, as our everyday experience suggests that objects are solid.

To better understand this, let's draw an analogy with video games. After all, video games are simulations that we have created.

When you look at a video game, the objects within it aren’t made of any physical matter. They're composed of pixels—tiny points of light on a display. And yet the characters in the game interact with these objects as if they were solid and real. They can lift, push, or carry items that, from our perspective, are nothing more than patterns of light.

Interestingly, our physical reality shares some similarities with this digital world when we examine it at the subatomic level.

Quantum physics has revealed that atoms, once thought to be the indivisible building blocks of matter, are mostly empty space.

If we zoom in on an atom, we find that the vast majority of its structure is just empty space, with tiny particles like electrons orbiting a nucleus. If an atom were the size of a football stadium, the nucleus would be roughly the size of a pea at the center. The rest would be essentially empty, with electrons whizzing around in patterns defined by quantum mechanics.

This suggests that, fundamentally, we aren’t made of solid matter in the way we perceive it. Our perception of physicality is an illusion based on how these particles interact.

In the next post, we will explore the nature of these fundamental particles—whether atoms, electrons, or others—and what the famous double-slit experiment reveals about their true nature.