#4 - The Simulations
/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/