If we could ever simulate an exact replica of our universe, down to the spin on the component of quantum particles, could we at it up and then use it to predict our future? But yet, on a cosmic scale, that kind of thing wouldn't fit into our universe. And even if you imagined that there were some simulators that could do this at full quantum detail, it would cost them so much more compute ah.
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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