The Copernican Principle - Where Is Everyone?

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We're likely in the middle of the bell curve of civilizations that develop out of long evolutionary and cultural process. So somebody should have been half of em would have been ahead of us. But i think your bostrum says, maybe we've got to decrease the probability that these other simulated civilizations will exist. That's a pessimistic way of looking at anby paradox ot simulation argument, right? It's a little bit like that argument. Ell, but what if we're first? You know, we couldn't somy nofers,. Yes, is we could just be super lucky and be the ones that are first. Either way requires us to be very, be very lucky.

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.