Neil deGrasse Tyson on whether our universe is real or simply a simulation

Everything around us seems real enough, but recently a growing number of scientists have started to wonder whether life is all just an incredibly sophisticated simulation. Although the debate has been raging for years, Neil deGrasse Tyson recently gathered a group of eminent scientists in an attempt to put the theory to bed - or at least discuss ways to test it. And the mathematical evidence seemingly points to the fact that our lives could be nothing more than an elaborate computer game-style existence. In recent years a growing number of scientists have started to wonder whether it the entire universe is just an incredibly sophisticated simulation. DeGrasse Tyson gathered a group of scientists at the New York City's American Museum of Natural History on Tuesday night for the debate.