S02E21: Are we in a simulation? Does it matter? - Rizwan Virk

Dilemma Podcast

English - March 03, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 107 MB - ★★★★★ - 66 ratings
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Quantum mechanics, mathematical robustness, dream state deja vu oddities... these are all things that one would expect to find in a simulated world. Wait, so are we in a simulation?

Author, investor, and video game pioneer Rizwan Virk joins Jay for a deep conversation taking on the Simulation Theory first made famous by Nick Bostrom. They strike gold when the conversation shifts to the philosophical and psychological implications of the theory rather than the truth of the theory itself.