
Ep 161: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 8 ”The Significance of Life”.
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The Importance of the User of Virtual Reality
The user of virtual reality is in an environment whose detailed constitution and behavior are specified by a program. The genes do not experience that environment, because they have neither senses nor experiences. We can infer the intention of genes to render an environment that will replicate them from Darwin's theory of evolution. It makes little sense to speak of a particular situation as being a virtual reality rendering if there is no concept of the rendering being accurate or inaccurate.
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