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#130 – Scott Aaronson: Computational Complexity and Consciousness

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Are We Living in a Simulation?

Are we living in a simulation? What difference does it make, Lex? Scott Erenson: A perfect simulation by definition is something that's indistinguishable from the real thing. "If this was like the matrix, and there was a way for me to do flying kung fu moves ... then we would have to cross that bridge when we came to it," he says.

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