1. Spectacular, isn't it?Copy !req
2. Probably! What is it?Copy !req
3. I've created a simulationCopy !req
4. of the entire universe!Copy !req
5. Oh! In that case, it stinks.Copy !req
6. I keep forgetting, Professor.Copy !req
7. Are we in the entire universe?Copy !req
8. Why, naturally!Copy !req
9. 3-PIXEL PROFESSOR: Good news, everyone!Copy !req
10. We've got a delivery!Copy !req
11. But first, roll call!Copy !req
12. - Leela?
- 3-PIXEL LEELA: Here.Copy !req
13. - 3-PIXEL PROFESSOR: Fry?
- 3-PIXEL FRY: Present!Copy !req
14. - 3-PIXEL PROFESSOR: Scruffy?
- 3-PIXEL SCRUFFY: ... Yep.Copy !req
15. - 3-PIXEL PROFESSOR: Hermes?
- 3-PIXEL HERMES: Check.Copy !req
16. 3-PIXEL PROFESSOR: Bender?Copy !req
17. 3-PIXEL BENDER:
Bite my shiny middle pixel!Copy !req
18. - 3-PIXEL PROFESSOR: Amy?
- 3-PIXEL AMY: Shmobviously.Copy !req
19. 3-PIXEL PROFESSOR: And the rest.Copy !req
20. 3-PIXEL ZOIDBERG: Hooray!Copy !req
21. I'm an unnamed member of the group!Copy !req
22. That's amazing, Professor!Copy !req
23. How'd you make it so crummy?Copy !req
24. It wasn't easy.Copy !req
25. Even to achieve this level of realismCopy !req
26. requires vast amounts of computing power.Copy !req
27. My Simputron uses more electricityCopy !req
28. than 100 bug zappers.Copy !req
29. Which reminds me,
I had to unplug our bug zappers.Copy !req
30. - Ow!
- Got him!Copy !req
31. The mosquito is still alive.Copy !req
32. There's a mosquito?Copy !req
33. 3-PIXEL HERMES: Listen up, threeple!Copy !req
34. Today, you'll be deliveringCopy !req
35. this package to Space Italy.Copy !req
36. Space Italy?Copy !req
37. I know, it's an embarrassingly lazy name.Copy !req
38. But, when you're creating
an entire universe from scratch,Copy !req
39. you can't make up a believable
name for everything.Copy !req
40. Sometimes, you just have
to go with "Space Italy"Copy !req
41. or "the Robot Planet"Copy !req
42. or "Dr. Zoidberg."Copy !req
43. Preposterous.Copy !req
44. 3-PIXEL LEELA: Wow, Space Italy!Copy !req
45. You delivering that package, Bender?Copy !req
46. 3-PIXEL BENDER: Up all
those steps? No grazie.Copy !req
47. I'll just chuck it into
Trevi Fountain for good luck.Copy !req
48. Ooh!Copy !req
49. 3-PIXEL BLEK: Papa pia!
He hit-a the Space Pope!Copy !req
50. 3-PIXEL ITALIAN URL: You're under arrestCopy !req
51. for-a bonking His Holiness.Copy !req
52. 3-PIXEL ITALIAN SMITTY: I tell-a you,Copy !req
53. this-a Planet Express companyCopy !req
54. is a real two-bit operation, eh?Copy !req
55. 3-PIXEL BENDER: More like three!Copy !req
56. 3-PIXEL LEELA:
So, um, as long as we're here,Copy !req
57. wanna see the sights?Copy !req
58. 3-PIXEL FRY: When in Space Rome...Copy !req
59. 3-PIXEL LEELA: Michelangelo's David!Copy !req
60. So lifelike!Copy !req
61. 3-PIXEL FRY: Jeez, Dave! Get a fig leaf!Copy !req
62. 3-PIXEL LEELA: I just can't understandCopy !req
63. how it doesn't fall dow...Copy !req
64. 3-PIXEL FRY: Lemme give you a han...Copy !req
65. Oh, mama, they're going at it
like two packs of gum!Copy !req
66. Bender, give us a little privacy.Copy !req
67. Aw...Copy !req
68. So, do those people in the casseroleCopy !req
69. know they're in a simulation,Copy !req
70. or do they think that they're real?Copy !req
71. Of course they think they're real.Copy !req
72. To them, the rules of my softwareCopy !req
73. are just their laws of physics.Copy !req
74. But, we think we're real.Copy !req
75. Couldn't our universe
also be a simulation?Copy !req
76. Absolutely not! No chance.Copy !req
77. - The very idea is preposterous!
- How can you be so sure?Copy !req
78. Because it's computationally impossible!Copy !req
79. For example, every atom in the universeCopy !req
80. is affected whenever
one little thing moves.Copy !req
81. Like my ass?Copy !req
82. Oh yeah! Come on!Copy !req
83. That's a perfect
example, Bender,Copy !req
84. and some pretty decent twerking.Copy !req
85. My software can't possibly computeCopy !req
86. the gravitational changesCopy !req
87. between Bender's ass
and every other particle,Copy !req
88. so I had to have the information
travel outward gradually,Copy !req
89. at a fixed speed.Copy !req
90. Like the speed of light in our universe?Copy !req
91. Right!Copy !req
92. Oh, fuff. That's just a coincidence.Copy !req
93. I had to cut other corners, too.Copy !req
94. I mean, my simulation
doesn't even keep trackCopy !req
95. of exactly where everything is.Copy !req
96. Taking all bets!Copy !req
97. Find the ball, win me not punching you!Copy !req
98. My last $5 on cup number one!Copy !req
99. In fact, make it my last $10!Copy !req
100. Another convenient example.Copy !req
101. My lazy software wouldn't even
decide which cup the ball's inCopy !req
102. until someone actually looked at it.Copy !req
103. Until then, it's just sort of in both.Copy !req
104. So, your programming shortcutCopy !req
105. is like quantum mechanics in our world?Copy !req
106. Exactly like that!Copy !req
107. Hm, interesting.Copy !req
108. I guess what I'm trying to say isCopy !req
109. our universe isCopy !req
110. probably also a simulation.Copy !req
111. But, that's the exact oppositeCopy !req
112. of what you said one minute ago!Copy !req
113. New evidence was presented,
and I changed my mind.Copy !req
114. I'm a scientist, not a...Copy !req
115. - Idiot?
- ... politician.Copy !req
116. Man. Imagine how awful it would beCopy !req
117. to find out your whole
personality was just simulated,Copy !req
118. like Bender's.Copy !req
119. Whuzzulated? Like whozer's!Copy !req
120. I just mean you're an
artificial intelligence, Bender.Copy !req
121. Like the people in
the Professor's simulation.Copy !req
122. - Artificial?
- Uh-huh. Yep.Copy !req
123. Why'd you have to tell me!
You just ruined my life!Copy !req
124. My big fat fake life!Copy !req
125. You're a walking bucket!Copy !req
126. How can you say I'm not real!Copy !req
127. If you prick me, do I not bleed?Copy !req
128. Okay, that was a bad example!Copy !req
129. Ow! I'm bleeding!Copy !req
130. - Showoff.
- There there, Bender.Copy !req
131. You're as real as any of us.Copy !req
132. The philosopher René Descartes said,Copy !req
133. "I think, therefore I am."Copy !req
134. - Can you think?
- I don't think so!Copy !req
135. I think I might not be able to think!Copy !req
136. Anyway, it was a fun little universe,Copy !req
137. but we're looking at
a Godzilla-sized electric bill.Copy !req
138. It's time to shut it down.Copy !req
139. But, you can't just turn them off!Copy !req
140. That would be like turning me off!Copy !req
141. Good idea! That'll save even more power!Copy !req
142. But, we'll start with them.Copy !req
143. No...Copy !req
144. no...Copy !req
145. The plug is stuck.Copy !req
146. Or maybe I'm just extraordinarily weak.Copy !req
147. That is a possibility.Copy !req
148. Oh, bother. I'll just keepCopy !req
149. the simulation running a little longer.Copy !req
150. Thanks, Professor!Copy !req
151. Bender, how were you leaping
through the air that entire time?Copy !req
152. I wasn't! My first leap missed by a mile,Copy !req
153. so I leapt again.Copy !req
154. But, I never stopped
screaming for a second!Copy !req
155. 3-PIXEL FRY: I feel
like I've been in existenceCopy !req
156. for a while now, Leela.Copy !req
157. So, it's time I set myself a life's goal.Copy !req
158. 3-PIXEL LEELA: That's a great idea!Copy !req
159. I'll be quiet and let you think.Copy !req
160. 3-PIXEL BENDER: And I'll turn on the TVCopy !req
161. to drown out any distracting noises.Copy !req
162. 3-PIXEL FRY: That's it!
I found my life's goal!Copy !req
163. I, Phillip J. Fry, hereby pledgeCopy !req
164. to watch every TV show ever made.Copy !req
165. 3-PIXEL LEELA: Oh lord.Copy !req
166. That orange guy sure is dumb.Copy !req
167. These innocent bit bags
may be artificial,Copy !req
168. like me,Copy !req
169. but they don't know that!Copy !req
170. They deserve the same respectCopy !req
171. as any other living creature.Copy !req
172. Except clams!Copy !req
173. To hell with clams!Copy !req
174. I'm telling you they're nothing
but ones and zeros!Copy !req
175. They're no more aliveCopy !req
176. than the number 10101.Copy !req
177. She was my aunt!Copy !req
178. Professor, I think Bender might be right.Copy !req
179. No, you don't!Copy !req
180. I mean, we're nothing
more than atoms, right?Copy !req
181. But, somehow, we are more.Copy !req
182. Unlike clams!Copy !req
183. Professor, I will now ask
of you a solemn promise.Copy !req
184. - Now, the feet.
- Forget the feet!Copy !req
185. Alright, whatever.Copy !req
186. Why are we in a robot strip club?Copy !req
187. Because we had to do this in a placeCopy !req
188. that's meaningful to me!Copy !req
189. Bender!Copy !req
190. Here you go, hun.Copy !req
191. - Keep the chain, toots.
- Ow!Copy !req
192. Let the solemn ceremony begin.Copy !req
193. Professor, you created a world
of conscious living beings,Copy !req
194. so now you're responsible for them.Copy !req
195. I want you to swear you'll do
everything in your powerCopy !req
196. to keep them alive.Copy !req
197. I barely make any effort
to keep myself alive.Copy !req
198. - Oof!
- Professor!Copy !req
199. And you'll never let them knowCopy !req
200. they're not real! Never!Copy !req
201. So they won't have to go throughCopy !req
202. what I'm going through!Copy !req
203. I swear nothing!Copy !req
204. I said swear it!Copy !req
205. Very well. I swear it.Copy !req
206. But, the amount of electricity...Copy !req
207. Why, we'd basically need our
own hydroelectric generator.Copy !req
208. I really don't think
there's any possible...Copy !req
209. Eureka!Copy !req
210. As you all know, I do my best thinking
on the toilet.Copy !req
211. We know! Stop telling us!Copy !req
212. I didn't even have to go.Copy !req
213. I was just sitting here,
wiling away a Sunday afternoon,Copy !req
214. when suddenly, it hit me!Copy !req
215. A new source of electricity!Copy !req
216. Would you care to tell us about it...Copy !req
217. in another room?Copy !req
218. No!Copy !req
219. According to these old maps,Copy !req
220. which I use in lieu of toilet paper...Copy !req
221. the main New New York sewer lineCopy !req
222. runs directly under Planet Express.Copy !req
223. We'll simply drill into the pipe,Copy !req
224. drop this turbine into the torrent,Copy !req
225. and voilà!Copy !req
226. Free clean power!Copy !req
227. - Clean?
- Oh my, no.Copy !req
228. We're approaching the main pipeline.Copy !req
229. Can you imagine the quantity
of sewage running through there?Copy !req
230. Yes!Copy !req
231. Contact in four! Three!Copy !req
232. Number two!Copy !req
233. Let's rarely speak of that again.Copy !req
234. This should generate enough powerCopy !req
235. to keep the simulation running.Copy !req
236. And it's substantially higher resolution!Copy !req
237. Let's see how my guys are doing.Copy !req
238. 3-PIXEL PROFESSOR: Good news, everyone!Copy !req
239. We have a delivery to the King of Space.Copy !req
240. Aw, they're so cute!Copy !req
241. Now, I care about them!Copy !req
242. Happy, Bender?
We saved your little friends.Copy !req
243. I sure did.Copy !req
244. In other news,Copy !req
245. I've made a huge breakthrough!Copy !req
246. - What is it, Professor?
- No, him.Copy !req
247. - What is it, Professor?
- After many sleepless nightsCopy !req
248. and an equal number of
glorious sleep-filled days,Copy !req
249. I've completed my greatest achievement!Copy !req
250. A simulation of our entire universe!Copy !req
251. 3-PIXEL PROFESSOR: Good news, everyone!Copy !req
252. We have a delivery to Space Italy!Copy !req
253. Sweet facsimile of Space Italy!Copy !req
254. A simulation...Copy !req
255. Within a simulation!Copy !req
256. - Where does it all end?
- Hopefully there.Copy !req
257. Already my head hurts.Copy !req
258. Professor, if you can make
a whole simulated universe,Copy !req
259. isn't it possible that our own universeCopy !req
260. is also a simulation?Copy !req
261. Absolutely not!Copy !req
262. You sound like a stoned freshman!Copy !req
263. I mean, what if our laws of physicsCopy !req
264. are just the computer codeCopy !req
265. of some big brilliant professor
playing god up there?Copy !req
266. Nailed it!Copy !req
267. Hm. Quantum mechanics
is pretty ridiculous,Copy !req
268. but it's a moot point.Copy !req
269. Even if we are living in a simulation,Copy !req
270. there's no possible way of knowing.Copy !req
271. Yes?Copy !req
272. Oh, nothing. I just had
a loogie in my throat.Copy !req
273. Possibly a simulated loogie.Copy !req
274. What's that? A g-g-g-grid overload?Copy !req
275. My simulation is drawing a lot
of power for some reason.Copy !req
276. Ah! It appears two black holes
just collided in there.Copy !req
277. Can you imagine how complex
that computation is?Copy !req
278. The Simputron is really
straining to keep up.Copy !req
279. Oh my glorsh!Copy !req
280. Maybe there is a way to find
out if we live in a simulation.Copy !req
281. Well, I doubt that.Copy !req
282. Double doubt it!Copy !req
283. If our universe is a simulation,Copy !req
284. then it's running on some
kind of computer, right?Copy !req
285. I'm with you so far.Copy !req
286. Actually, I'm not.
Is this about a new soda?Copy !req
287. Suppose we made something
happen that was impossibleCopy !req
288. for that big computer to simulate.Copy !req
289. It would overload!Copy !req
290. Exactly!Copy !req
291. Cool! And then what?Copy !req
292. I don't know! Probably stuff
would pixelate and look weird!Copy !req
293. The laws of physics would fail!Copy !req
294. Like playing a new video gameCopy !req
295. on a crummy underpowered game system!Copy !req
296. Precisely!Copy !req
297. that my cheapskate grandma got me.Copy !req
298. Some phenomena are soCopy !req
299. wildly complexCopy !req
300. that they'd be impossibleCopy !req
301. for any computer to simulate.Copy !req
302. For example, a collapsing magnetic starCopy !req
303. or magnetar.Copy !req
304. But, such an event might not
happen for millions of years.Copy !req
305. But, what if we intentionally causedCopy !req
306. a magnetar to collapse?Copy !req
307. Then, we could just watchCopy !req
308. and see if the universe glitches out.Copy !req
309. Of course! And we'd know once and for allCopy !req
310. if we're living in a simulation.Copy !req
311. Although I'm not sure
I wanna know the answer to that.Copy !req
312. Me neither. I like resting secure
in the knowledgeCopy !req
313. that I'm the real deal.Copy !req
314. Guess again, loser.Copy !req
315. Let's put it to a vote.Copy !req
316. Who here wants to test
if we're living in a simulation?Copy !req
317. And who would rather continue livingCopy !req
318. in shameful ignorance?Copy !req
319. Uh, that one!Copy !req
320. You all voted for two things.Copy !req
321. Honestly. I wanna know if
I'm not living in a simulation,Copy !req
322. but not if I am.Copy !req
323. Does that make sense?Copy !req
324. Surprisingly, yes.Copy !req
325. Let's just forget about it.Copy !req
326. Although, now we're
always gonna be wondering.Copy !req
327. Let's just goCopy !req
328. Uh-oh. Not good.Copy !req
329. Not good at all.Copy !req
330. My half-baked software
absolutely will not be ableCopy !req
331. to simulate a collapsing magnetar.Copy !req
332. Oh, I never should have outsourced itCopy !req
333. to that Indian middle schooler.Copy !req
334. But, the simulations will
find out they're simulations!Copy !req
335. You swore a strip club oath
that would never happen.Copy !req
336. Alas, there'll be no hiding the truthCopy !req
337. when they see that magnetar glitching outCopy !req
338. like a big flaming ball of Microsoft Word.Copy !req
339. Well, if they're gonna
find out anyway,Copy !req
340. I should be the one to tell them.Copy !req
341. I'm the only one who truly understands!Copy !req
342. Plus, I like delivering bad news.Copy !req
343. Actually, that might be possible.Copy !req
344. Since you're basically just softwareCopy !req
345. - in a greasy wad of aluminum foil...
- Aw...Copy !req
346. I could extract your
programming, compress it,Copy !req
347. and inject it into Simulated Bender.Copy !req
348. You'd take his place
in the simulated world.Copy !req
349. But, what would happen to him?Copy !req
350. He'd be pushed through
to the sub-simulation.Copy !req
351. And that Bender?Copy !req
352. It's Benders all the way down.Copy !req
353. Alright. I'm going in.Copy !req
354. I must warn you, Bender.Copy !req
355. It'll be a one-way trip.Copy !req
356. There's no way of returning.Copy !req
357. That's okay. I don't wanna live in a worldCopy !req
358. where I'm less real than everyone else.Copy !req
359. Those are my people in there,Copy !req
360. in Baloney Town.Copy !req
361. Ooh!Copy !req
362. In a few minutes, you should rebootCopy !req
363. in the simulated world
as Simulated Bender.Copy !req
364. Or you might die.Copy !req
365. Goodbye,
precious friends and coworkers.Copy !req
366. Goodbye sewage-stained floor tiles.Copy !req
367. Goodbye, Zoidberg.Copy !req
368. How will I go on without you?Copy !req
369. I'll get a broom.Copy !req
370. Holding outside magnetar implosion range.Copy !req
371. We'll be safe at this distance,Copy !req
372. even if, God forbid, we're real.Copy !req
373. Then, it's time to put
reality to the test.Copy !req
374. - I'm scared!
- I am, too.Copy !req
375. But, it's actually kind of beautiful.Copy !req
376. Would it be any less beautiful
if it weren't real?Copy !req
377. - And we weren't real?
- We'll find out soon enough.Copy !req
378. Begin monopole bombardment!Copy !req
379. You okay, buddy?Copy !req
380. No!Copy !req
381. Probably a bad clam.Copy !req
382. I think I'm gonna reboot!Copy !req
383. Oh...Copy !req
384. Where— Where am I?Copy !req
385. You're right here, Bender.Copy !req
386. Just outside magnetar implosion range.Copy !req
387. Oh... Right.Copy !req
388. Baloney Town.Copy !req
389. Guys? I have something to tell you,Copy !req
390. and it'll be the hardest bad newsCopy !req
391. I've ever had the pleasure of delivering.Copy !req
392. Shush, Bender! We're about to find outCopy !req
393. if we're living in a simulation!Copy !req
394. Right... I-It's about that. See—Copy !req
395. I've been thinking
about that, too, actually.Copy !req
396. And you wanna know what I think?Copy !req
397. - Do I!
- I think it makes no difference at all.Copy !req
398. Either way, the laws of the universeCopy !req
399. are way beyond our control.Copy !req
400. So, what can we do?Copy !req
401. We just make the best of it.Copy !req
402. I don't know what we're
about to see, Leela,Copy !req
403. but I love you.Copy !req
404. Now and forever.Copy !req
405. And that much is real,Copy !req
406. even if we're not.Copy !req
407. Hm... The dummy's right.Copy !req
408. I feel, therefore I am.Copy !req
409. It doesn't matter if I'm real?Copy !req
410. Not one bit.Copy !req
411. So, what did you wanna tell us, robot?Copy !req
412. Just... (sob) thank you!Copy !req
413. That's robots for you.Copy !req
414. Now, let's sit back and enjoy the show.Copy !req
415. Oh, lordy-loo.
The magnetar is about to pop!Copy !req
416. How's the Simputron holding up?Copy !req
417. Processor overload!Copy !req
418. The cooling fan's on fire!Copy !req
419. Whoa!Copy !req
420. Pull the plug!Copy !req
421. Stop the simulation!Copy !req
422. No! Bender's in there!Copy !req
423. There's no choice.Copy !req
424. This building's about to go up in smoke,Copy !req
425. and I've got doomsday devices hidden
in every nook and cranny.Copy !req
426. I'm sorry, buddy.Copy !req
427. I know you can't hear me,
but we tried our best.Copy !req
428. At least you got to go out with dignity.Copy !req
429. Rebooting.Copy !req
430. Where— Where am I?Copy !req
431. Right here, in the universe.Copy !req
432. Oh... I had to come tell you something...Copy !req
433. Bender? How did you
possibly manage to come back?Copy !req
434. Don't be rude, Professor,
Bender was speaking first.Copy !req
435. What did you wanna tell us, robot?Copy !req
436. It's just that...Copy !req
437. I know how to save the simulation.Copy !req
438. Oh, please. There's no possible...Copy !req
439. Eureka!Copy !req
440. I made the change you suggested, Bender.Copy !req
441. Although it took a lot of toilet timeCopy !req
442. to fully comprehend.Copy !req
443. We won't need nearly so much powerCopy !req
444. now that I've under-clocked the processor.Copy !req
445. But, won't the simulation run slower?Copy !req
446. Oh, much slower.Copy !req
447. Are we talking regular slow
or bureaucrat slow?Copy !req
448. Infinitely slower than that.Copy !req
449. So, they'll be in, like, a coma?Copy !req
450. Oh my, no!Copy !req
451. They'll never notice any difference.Copy !req
452. But, while they live out
one second of their lives,Copy !req
453. years, if not centuries, will pass for us.Copy !req
454. Aw, then I guess we won't get
to spy on them anymore.Copy !req
455. Spy all you like.Copy !req
456. But, it's about to get very, very boring.Copy !req
457. Not for them.Copy !req
458. Pixels...Copy !req