We are a computer simulation being run by some people who have advanced tech logy, Ry says. Civilizations don't make it past a critical point to develop their technology into the sort of technology tha wouldbeable to run simulations. Two civilizations do get to that point where they have sufficient technological advancement, but they just lose interest in the whole idea and never get around to making stimulations. And if you accept that third one, then it's just a short step to say the number of simulations must vastly outweigh the number of realities. So probablistically, we are apprently in a simulation.
David and Tamler explore the many variations of simulation theory, the view that our universe is just a computer generated model created by an advanced civilization that has reached “technological maturity.” What does the growing popularity of simulation theories reveal about contemporary life? Are any of the arguments for simulation theory compelling or are they just post-hoc ways of justifying what you already believe on faith? If we are living in a simulation, does that mean we can go around killing people? Would it change anything about how we should live? Rodney Ascher’s (Room 237, The Nightmare) excellent documentary "A Glitch in the Matrix" gets the discussion going.
Plus the return of the VBW does conceptual analysis segment - a careful, rigorous, systematic inquiry into the concept “cringe.”*
*Note: if you think the opening segment is itself cringe, that’s because we’re doing seventh dimensional Zoomer meta shit and you just didn’t get it.
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