About

The Center for the Unification of Science and Consciousness (CUSAC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded by Tom Campbell, a former NASA and Department of Defense physicist. Our mission is to experimentally verify the simulation hypothesis. We plan to use wave-particle duality methodologies, as outlined in the peer-reviewed paper "On Testing the Simulation Theory" (International Journal of Quantum Foundations, 2017).

CUSAC is currently conducting unique experiments in collaboration with two major universities. These experiments, including variations of the double-slit and delayed choice quantum erasure experiments, have never been done before. Our goal is to explore the potential role of a conscious observer in "quantum collapse" scenarios. We seek to demonstrate that reality is dependent on the participation of a conscious observer, rather than solely on the measurement apparatus as is widely assumed.

Programmers and gamers alike know that the virtual game-world doesn’t really exist somewhere "out there". The elements of the simulated levels only "load" when the player "arrives," -- that is: "only when a player needs to see it." Otherwise, loading all the game elements simultaneously would produce an extremely inefficient computational process. We think quantum physics must abide by similar process-efficiency requirements.

In a virtual reality, if a conscious agent is not present, no reality is generated. Without a player there is no game. Our experiments are testing the quantum mechanical equivalent to this computational video gaming practicality.

If we are successful, the underlying theory will have broad implications for science and philosophy.