i heard this guy interviewed on the robber right podcast it was you know meaning of life or blogging heads or both. Nick bostrom has come up with an argument that and it gets framed in a bunch of different ways but the basic idea is if we assume that we are living in a computer simulation let's not find out experimental findings will either be boring or extremely dangerous. i guess should i try to just summarize the general idea here yeah i go for it so nick bostrom: We're like those mirror twins uh... there was i i sent you this piece actually i i heard this guy interviews on the robbing right podcast and they were talking about his paper that he was published
David and Tamler discuss famous 'split brain' experiments pioneered by Roger Sperry and Michael Gazzaniga. What happens when you cut off the main line of communication between the left and right hemispheres of our brain? Why under certain conditions do the the left and right brains seem like they have different abilities and desires? What does this tell us about the ‘self’? Do we have two consciousnesses, but only that can speak? Does the left brain bully the right brain? Are we all just a bundle of different consciousnesses with their own agendas? Thanks to our Patreon supporters for suggesting and voting for this fascinating topic!
Plus, physicists may be able to determine whether we’re living in a computer simulation – but is it too dangerous to try to find out?
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