In the same way galileo and newton discovered physical laws and principles about the natural world that really are out there, so too have social scientists discovered moral laws. Scientists studying political, economic, social and moral subjects will discover certain things that are true in these fields of inquiry. But i'm more comfortable with value, individual value being a being an objective matter. I do thint consciousness, a puts value into the world. When once you've got value, morality's not that far, that far away. A morality. Its a li morality. That's what we call it. We need to find some objective story about a about how morality is constituted by value. In some ways
Shermer speaks with University Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science and codirector of the Center for Mind, Brain and Consciousness at New York University, Dr. David Chalmers, to discuss: the hard problem of consciousness; virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence; VR inside a VR, indistinguishable from Reality; Are we living in a simulation?; Can you live a good life in VR?; Can AI systems be conscious? and more…
How do we know that there’s an external world? What is the nature of reality? What’s the relation between mind and body? Virtual reality is genuine reality; that’s the central thesis of David Chalmers’ book: Reality+ — a highly original work of “technophilosophy” in which Chalmers gives a compelling analysis of our technological future. He argues that virtual worlds are not second-class worlds, and that we can live a meaningful life in virtual reality. He uses virtual reality technology to offer a new perspective on long-established philosophical questions. We may even be in a virtual world already.