Is There a 'God'?

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Yels: I was worried about the teleporter and stautreck, which fatly seems to destroy you at one end and recreate a new copy at the other end dosheas is captain kirk a get killed twice every episode, and a whole new captain, crk kirk comes into a comes into existence. Yels: In my view, the only safe way, or at least the safest way, to do up loading, is to do it gradually. So i replace one small bit of the brain first, then another bit, then anotherbit, then another little bit... And so there's only every one of you there. Maybe we'll fare call franks tipp

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.