Wherein Jaron Lanier says to that BOTH the religious belief in mind/body dualism AND the opposite belief that we live in a simulation lead to the SAME hope that we can escape death. Lex's conversations are amazing:
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Saying “the universe is a simulation” is just a new-fangled way of saying “I believe in God.”
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Except that statistically it's more likely that we are also just code within that simulation. lol. Does that make me a simulation theory nihilist?
Sounds like a good show though!
Lex is awesome, he is a big fan of Joe Rogan, and his style of questioning shows how he has influenced him.
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I believe neither, which I guess means there's no escaping death for me.
Oh well.
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Since every moment exists eternally, we each get a lifetime that doesn't go away. That life has two terminal points. A lot of people worry about the second one. If they understood relativity better, they might relax. Or maybe worry more about the first one.
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Isn’t the opposite of dualism just monism, which has no necessary connection with whether we live in a simulation? (Asking for a friend. Named Spinoza.)
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Uhh what? The opposite of mind/body dualism is not simulation theory. Simulation theory is actually a form of dualist metaphysics, arguing for reality & sim as the substrates. There's so much more to metaphysics, monism, pluralism, nihilism.
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I don't hope to escape death ;)
Now reality, that's another matter.
