The nations, or the nation states, that had the most power, power, political power, cultural power were those that that wielded the most energy per capita in the world. So have you thought about where a super intelligence might fit on the cardashe scalen? You could imagine almost all isimulations that are un are being run by civilizations that have reached the limits of whatever space to have to expand into. That would presumably be cardasha for or something.
Are we in a simulation? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice take a deep dive into simulation theory, consciousness, and free will with Oxford theorist Nick Bostrom. Is this The Matrix?
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