Is There a Self in the Dissolves?

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In principle, te ark is as real and can be as meaningful as physical reality. Current technology is definitely a long way short of that. Already, people have pretty meaningful experiences and environments like second life. I want to argue against those people who think that we are has to be illusion or fiction. And i do feel the realness of them in lot o ways,. where right now i'm going through a phase where i'm goimg back and playing old video games from my youth. It returns me to a previous sort of person i was 11 years ago - which is a very powerful feeling.

We spend more time in digital, virtual spaces than ever. But are those places really real? If they are, does that mean we could be living in virtual reality right now? Or does it even make sense to ask such a question? Philosopher David Chalmers joins Adam to talk about consciousness, the nature of reality, and the limits of digital technology. Pick up David's latest book, Reality+, at http://factuallypod.com/books. Support Adam at http://patreon.com/adamconover Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.