Home›Sources›Religious Parallels to the Simulation Hypothesis: Gnosticism, Mormonism, and Neoplatonism (Huyett, Sophia 2024)SourcesReligious Parallels to the Simulation Hypothesis: Gnosticism, Mormonism, and Neoplatonism (Huyett, Sophia 2024)Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Religious Parallels to the Simulation Hypothesis: Gnosticism, Mormonism, and Neoplatonism (Huyett, Sophia 2024)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/religious-parallels-to-the-simulation-hypothesis-huyett-sophia-2024.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Religious Parallels to the Simulation Hypothesis: Gnosticism, Mormonism, and Neoplatonism (Huyett, Sophia 2024). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/religious-parallels-to-the-simulation-hypothesis-huyett-sophia-2024Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-religious-parallels-to-the-simulation-hy, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Religious Parallels to the Simulation Hypothesis: Gnosticism, Mormonism, and Neoplatonism (Huyett, Sophia 2024)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/religious-parallels-to-the-simulation-hypothesis-huyett-sophia-2024}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReligious Parallels to the Simulation Hypothesis: Gnosticism, Mormonism, and Neoplatonism, Ian Huyett's 2024 article in Sophia, is a peer reviewed philosophy of religion journal article arguing that the simulation hypothesis reproduces the structure of Gnostic, Mormon and Neoplatonic cosmogonies, a flawed intermediate power fashioning the world beneath a truer order standing outside it. Its strength is that it is peer reviewed scholarship in an established philosophy of religion journal, confirmed against the journal's own listing. Its limit is that it argues one comparative reading among several possible ones, so a claim resting on it should also be checked against other scholarly treatments of the simulation hypothesis and religion.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (13 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Ian Huyett's Religious Parallels to the Simulation Hypothesis: Gnosticism, Mormonism, and Neoplatonism, published in Sophia in 2024, the top tier reflecting peer reviewed scholarship in an established philosophy of religion journal, confirmed against the journal's own listing, arguing that the simulation hypothesis reproduces the structure of Gnostic, Mormon and Neoplatonic cosmogonies. Its limit is that it argues one comparative reading among several possible ones, so a claim resting on it should also be checked against other scholarly treatments.NotesWell-attestedPeer-reviewed philosophy-of-religion journal article arguing that Nick Bostrom's simulation hypothesis reproduces the structure of Gnostic, Mormon and Neoplatonic cosmogonies: a flawed intermediate power fashions the world, with a truer order standing outside it.CitationAuthorWell-attestedIan B. HuyettPublisherWell-attestedSophia (Springer Nature), vol. 63, pp. 239-257Publication YearWell-attested2024URLWell-attestedhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11841-023-00955-2Source TypeWell-attestedpeer-reviewed articleCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithSophia, Deities Well-attested This source names Sophia directly: "Ian Huyett's 2024 article in Sophia, is a peer reviewed philosophy of religion journal article arguing that the simulation hypothesis reproduces the structure of Gnostic, Mormon and Neoplatonic..."Source Religious Parallels to the Simulation Hypothesis: Gnosticism, Mormonism, and Neoplatonism (Huyett, Sophia 2024)Ian B. Huyetttier 1Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 2 connected. 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