#4 The Simulations

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Lindsay asks a question and oh boy does she get an answer. An in depth refutation of Elon Musk's claim that we are most likely all living in a Simulation. A description of Musk’s claim: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/elon-musk-simulated-universe-hypothesis An overview of the Computational Theory of Mind: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/computational-mind/ Nick Bostrom’s original paper: http://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.html RIck and Morty, the greatest show on TV right now: http://amzn.to/2nM0BXB Robbie’s two favorite Greg Egan books (exploring these ideas in fiction) Diaspora: http://amzn.to/2nM0hIi Permutation city: http://amzn.to/2nLYXoI CGP Grey on the Transporter problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQHBAdShgYI An overview of the chinese room argument: http://www.iep.utm.edu/chineser/