A colossal robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of liberty.
The Statue of Liberty, formally titled Liberty Enlightening the World, emerged from the political idealism and transatlantic friendship of the nineteenth century. Conceived in 1865 by French political thinker Édouard René de Laboulaye as a monument to American independence and the abolition of slavery following the Civil War, the statue was envisioned as a gift from the people of France to the United States.
There is no definitive answer, but simulation theory assumes the universe as we know it is an advanced digital construct overseen by some higher form of intelligence.
Whether or not we are living in a computer simulation is a legitimate scientific hypothesis. Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the American Museum of Natural Histories Hayden Planetarium, put the odds at 50-50 that our entire existence is a program on someone else’s computer hard drive.
