165: Are We Living in a Simulation?

Into The Dark

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🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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On this episode, Payton explores the Simulation Hypothesis, diving into the latest theories, unsettling evidence, and the growing question: what if our reality isn’t real at all? Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: Science Daily - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251110021052.htm The Think Institute - https://thethink.institute/articles/simulation-theory-debunked University of Rochester - https://www.library.rochester.edu/about/news/simulation-theory-ultimate-existential-crisis Builtin - https://builtin.com/hardware/simulation-theory National Library of Medicine - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7516678/ Vulture - https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/15-irrefutable-reasons-we-might-be-living-in-a-simulation.html https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/nick-bostrom-on-whether-we-live-in-a-matrix-simulation.html Wired - https://www.wired.com/story/malware-dna-hack/ Bored Panda - https://www.boredpanda.com/glitch-in-matrix-stories/ Dev - https://dev.to/sarahcssiqueira/did-a-physicist-find-error-correcting-code-in-reality-and-what-that-means-to-us-developers-19b7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.8	You're listening to an Ono Media podcast. Hi everyone and welcome back to the Into the Dark podcast.
0:36.2	I'm your host, Peyton Morland. I'm so glad you are
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0:51.2	great. Great way to support the show. But either way, I'm happy you are here
0:55.2	listening. For my 10 seconds, uh, you aren't watching on YouTube. I have not colored my hair in a while
1:04.0	and my new hair growing in is very much blonde. It is very much blonde, uh, blonder than normal. I don't know why.
1:16.0	And I really, really need to go get it done and I think I'm doing it not this week but next week.
1:20.8	So hopefully next time you see me, I have my black hair back. But until then, we have to deal with these outgrown roots, which is something crazy.
1:32.3	But that being said, I'm really excited about today's episode, so I want to jump right in.
1:37.1	Now, if you've ever played The Sims, you know how many different ways there are to approach the game.
1:44.2	Some people like to focus on giving their characters wonderful lives
1:48.0	with beautiful mansions, big happy families, lots of possessions,
1:53.2	and other people create challenges for themselves to make the game harder.
1:57.3	For example, they might try to furnish a house without buying anything, only by building objects or finding ways to get them for free.
2:05.6	Or they let 30 characters all live under the same roof and try to find a way to keep them all happy.
2:12.3	And these are real challenges players have attempted and posted about online.
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