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Some interpret unlikely events as evidence of a simulated reality. Others see coincidence and probability. SimulationScore explores where those explanations diverge.

Top 5 Most Simulated Stories

The highest-scoring stories submitted so far — ranked by perceived improbability.

#1

I once took a photo of a street musician while walking home, and when I checked my camera roll later that night, there were two photos: the one I took, and another photo taken from directly behind the man at the exact same moment, same timestamp down to the second, same lighting, same EXIF data, and marked as taken on my device even though I was never behind him and no one had access to my phone. The second photo shows an angle I physically never stood in, and it’s impossible for my phone to capture an image from a location I wasn’t in. There was no airdrop, no shared albums, no cloud sync, no third-party access, and the metadata confirmed both photos were taken by the same camera within the same instant. One of the images simply should not exist, and there is no coincidence-based explanation for how a phone creates a perfectly matched, impossible-angle photograph that the user never took.

Simulation Score: 88
#2

I was once in Australia living the good life with my sister in law and her husband and suddenly woke up in Brazil, my home country, and discovered the trip never happened. This was surreal. Couldn't be a dream. I lived a month in my dream and could remember everything that happened during my summer vacations. How could I fit an entire month in a night sleep? That must have been a glitch.

Simulation Score: 68
#3

Picture this: I'm multitasking—say, watching a movie or listening to a podcast while scrolling through my phone. So, I'm passively taking in whatever's playing in the background but actively reading something on my phone. Here's where it gets wild. Almost every day, whatever I'm reading on my phone aligns perfectly with what I hear from the TV or podcast. And I'm not talking about common words. These are unique, specific words not in everyday language. For example, just recently, I was listening to a podcast that randomly mentioned "Arkansas State" at the exact moment I was reading those exact words on my phone. And this isn't a one-off. It's been happening consistently and the most recent words I remember are "pipeline" and "ankle." What are the odds of doing two completely different things and having a unique word come up simultaneously in both? It's so unexplainable to me and I have no idea what to make of it.

Simulation Score: 33
#4

My favorite skateboarder / artist has the same nick name as me, the gonz Then I grow up and meet my partner I find out he now has children His sons name is the same as mine and his daughters name is the same as my wife

Simulation Score: 33
#5

My friend told me that everything in his life seems to come back to the number 113. Since he told me that my text messages have been stuck on 113 unread even though I’m constantly reading new ones but they still end up on 113. Only that but it’s been like that for over 2 weeks now since he told me about the number. I’m not trying to keep it on that but everytime I look back it’s 113.

Simulation Score: 32

Scores reflect perceived improbability, not objective truth.

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