The Difference Between Reality and a Dream

2min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

The difference between reality and a dream, that at some point the reality sticks around and the dreams fade? Yes, that is one very big difference. The realities are stable verasa dreams ore not although maybe you can have a very stable dream. And i guess inception, ah, the movie, illustrates this to some pretty it got some pretty stable dream realities, although not that stable. They still tend to,. they still tend to wobble and crash when, maybe when someone starts too ave to wake up. If it spins too long, maybe you're still, you're still dreaming. But even if you had aVery stable dream, a dream is still a product of your own mind

Shermer speaks with University Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science and codirector of the Center for Mind, Brain and Consciousness at New York University, Dr. David Chalmers, to discuss: the hard problem of consciousness; virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence; VR inside a VR, indistinguishable from Reality; Are we living in a simulation?; Can you live a good life in VR?; Can AI systems be conscious? and more…

How do we know that there’s an external world? What is the nature of reality? What’s the relation between mind and body? Virtual reality is genuine reality; that’s the central thesis of David Chalmers’ book: Reality+ — a highly original work of “technophilosophy” in which Chalmers gives a compelling analysis of our technological future. He argues that virtual worlds are not second-class worlds, and that we can live a meaningful life in virtual reality. He uses virtual reality technology to offer a new perspective on long-established philosophical questions. We may even be in a virtual world already.