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Could our entire reality be nothing more than an elaborate computer program? Physics professor Melvin Vopson thinks so, and his theory that gravity represents the universe compressing data like a computer might just change how you view everything around you.

We kick things off with some bizarre updates that make you question what's real—a Michael Jordan-shaped Cheeto selling for over $8,000, the tragic and unexpected passing of Jiggly Caliente from RuPaul's Drag Race, and truly strange airplane incidents featuring passengers having breakdowns at 30,000 feet. The increasingly weird stories almost seem like glitches in our supposed simulation.

The heart of our conversation explores Vopson's revolutionary paper proposing that gravity isn't just a fundamental force pulling objects together, but rather the universe's method of organizing information efficiently. Just as computers compress files to save space, Vopson suggests the universe pulls objects with mass together to optimize its computational resources. This theory transforms how we understand physical laws—what if everything from galaxy formation to planetary motion is simply the universe keeping its data organized?

Whether you find the simulation hypothesis comforting or terrifying, it raises profound questions about free will, consciousness, and what it means to exist. After all, if our reality is programmed, are our choices truly our own? As we discuss the philosophical implications, we can't help but wonder if somewhere, someone or something is watching our simulated lives unfold—perhaps even laughing at the bizarre stories we cover each episode.

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