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The Simulation Hypothesis: Are We Living in a Computer Program?

The Simulation Hypothesis: Are We Living in a Computer Program?

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What if our entire reality is just code running on an advanced computer? In this episode, we dive deep into the simulation hypothesis, one of the most mind-bending philosophical questions of our time.


We explore Nick Bostrom's famous trilemma: either civilizations go extinct before creating ancestor simulations, advanced beings choose not to run them, or we're almost certainly living in one right now.


Discover how features of our universe—like the speed of light acting as an information limit and quantum mechanics collapsing only when observed—might be computational optimization tricks.


We examine whether consciousness can exist in simulated beings, the moral implications of creating digital worlds, and why this unfalsifiable idea forces us to reconsider what "real" actually means. A vertigo-inducing journey into the nature of existence itself.



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