Are We Living a Simulated Reality?

Oct 22, 2019

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Are we living in a computer-driven simulation? That seems like an impossible hypothesis to prove. But let's just look at how impossible that really is. For some machine to be able to conjure up our whole reality, it needs to be amazingly powerful, able to keep track of an incalculable number of variables. Consider the course of just one human lifetime, with all of the events it entails, all the materials, ideas and people that one interacts with throughout an average lifespan. Then multiply that by about a hundred billion souls that have graced this planet with their presence so far. The interactions between all these people, as well as the interactions between all the animals, plants, bacterium, planetary bodies, really all the elements we know and don't know to be a part of this world, is what constitutes the reality you encounter today.

If you think this proposal sounds plausible, you would not be alone. Elon Musk and many others are fairly convinced we are just sophisticated self-aware computer programs or maybe even video games.

Journalist PAUL RATNER wrote this about Reality vs. Simulation for BigThink. Debra and Rob take the subject further, exploring the concept from ancient and global spiritual and philosophical perspectives, including:

The ancient teaching of Maya (the idea that the external world is an illusion) which translates to movement and magic and the impermanence of this reality.
What is the apparent reality, the phenomenal universe, and the absolute reality.
What is the difference between materialism of science and mysticism.

Grab a cup of tea, open your mind and join us for a deep conversation on the nature of reality.

Episode Exercise: Pure Awareness. Debra takes you through a simple exercise you can do to access the true nature of who you are, the unchanging spirit.

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