Simulation Hypothesis
topic on 3 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast
WTF is with Nikhil Kamath
Big Technology
4 statements about Simulation Hypothesis, every show
Musk: The most interesting outcome is the most likely simulation outcome
“So I think that from a Darwinian perspective, the simulations most likely to survive are going to be the ones that are the most interesting simulations, which therefore means that the most interesting outcome is the most likely.”
Brin: Humans Lack Capacity to Reason About Higher-Level Simulations
“I think that we're taking a very anthropocentric view, like when we say simulation in the sense that some kind of conscious being is running a simulation that we are then in, and that, that they have some kind of semblance of desire and consciousness that's si…”
Bostrom: Simulation Hypothesis Expands the Space of Realistic Future Possibilities
“The simulation hypothesis expands the space of sort of realistic possibilities and the realist, like the space of realistic futures. You might think if you're living just in a simple materialistic universe, you die. That's the end. Your brain rots. There is no…”