EPSIODE 56 | Red Pill This!: The Simulation Proposal
Mainly inspired by a 1999 movie, many people suspect we may be living in a computer simulation of some sort. If we are, how can we tell? Maybe by looking at some ideas from physics, which has some truly unusual ideas as to the nature of things. The universe might be made of tiny vibrating strings, or physicalized information. It might be a hologram, or a big brain, or an artifact of statistics. All these ideas seem to point to an underlying code of some kind. Or maybe everything we think we know was just created last Thursday.
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SECTIONS

02:10 - I Can Only Show You the Door - The Matrix, PKD, red pills, metaphor, human batteries
10:15 - The Simulation Scenario (Not Hypothesis, Not Theory) - Nick Bostrom, Kurtzweil, deGrasse Tyson, Musk, virtual contingency plans, OpenAI, NVIDIA's E2 & the Omniverse
19:09 - Blinded with Science - The Holographic Principle, the UFT (and GUT & TOE), string theory
22:37 - Vepson, Landauer's Principle, dark matter & energy, MACHOs & WIMPs, it from bit
25:47 - Biocentrism, quantum weirdness
27:11 - Braaaiins! - Hong Qin's algorithm & discrete field theory, universe as brain or neural network; Quantum Gravity Research, self-simulation, the pan-consciousness
33:44 - The Department of Redundancy Department - Reality as statistical average, glitches in the matrix, coincidence & deja vu
39:48 - Dear God, Sorry to Disturb You But... - Lack of proof, Last Thursdayism, the Omphalos Hypothesis, Christian reactions, the Matrix Defense, simulation as religion, the Global Architect Institute
48:09 - The Clock is TikToking - Gen Z rediscovers the idea, Rivka Weinberg & ultimate meaning, the road ahead


Music by Fanette Ronjat

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More Info:

Why the Matrix Matters to Trans Fans on NPR
The Matrix Spawned the Simulation Theory
'Matrix'-style bracelets turn humans into batteries
Summary of Bostrom's 2003 paper
The Simulation Argument
Is Our Universe a Fake?
Whoa, Dude, Are We Inside a Computer Right Now?
Are we living in a computer simulation? I don’t know. Probably.
Do we live in a simulation? on Space.com
Living in the Matrix
Simulation interview series on Closer to Truth
What Are the Odds We Are Living in a Computer Simulation? in the New Yorker
Neil deGrasse Tyson says it’s ‘very likely’ the universe is a simulation
50% Chance We're Living in a Simulation in Popular Mechanics
Do We Live in a Simulation? Chances Are about 50–50 in Scientific American
Elon Musk Thinks There's A "One In Billions" Chance We Don't Live In A Computer Simulation
Elon Musk And Friends Are Spending Millions To Break Out Of The Matrix
On Testing the Simulation Theory paper
THE MEN WHO ARE CONVINCED WE’RE ALL LIVING IN A SIMULATION
Our universe is one massive HOLOGRAM and our entire existence is an ILLUSION, scientists claim
Quantum Paradox Suggests the Fabric of Our Reality Is Inconstant
If the universe is a giant computer simulation, here's how many bits would be required to run it
Dark Matter on CERN
The Basis of the Universe May not Be Energy or Matter but Information
There is no dark matter. Instead, information has mass, physicist says
Roger Penrose on Why Consciousness Does Not Compute
The universe works like a huge human brain, discover scientists
The entire universe is a neural network
It from Bit - What did John Archibald Wheeler get right and wrong?
Physicist creates AI algorithm that may prove reality is a simulation
New hypothesis argues the universe simulates itself into existence
Is human consciousness creating reality?
The Biocentric Universe Theory: Life Creates Time, Space, and the Cosmos Itself
The Universe as a Statistical Approximation
John Bartlett on Why We Do Not Live in a Simulated Universe
The simulation argument: Does it reflect a frustration in physics?
The Church of Last Thursday
Friend, Have You Heard the Good News About the Simulation Hypothesis?
He Thought He Was Living in ‘The Matrix’—and Killed His Parents
Bad religion, bad media combine in new doc "A Glitch in the Matrix"
Simulation Theory: How is ‘Religion’ Part of It?
Religion and the Simulation Hypothesis: Is God an AI (Part I)?
The simulation hypothesis and the ultimate religion
The Global Architect Institute
Simulation Creationism
Heidi Wong TikTok video
Ultimate Meaning: We Don’t Have It, We Can’t Get It, and We Should Be Very, Very Sad

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