Philosopher David Chalmers breaks down the philosophy of simulations in film & TV

[@rohitparikh8132]

Chuang Tzu was a philosopher in ancient China, who, one night went to sleep and dreamed that he was a butterfly. He dreamt that he was flying around from flower to flower and while he was dreaming he felt free, blown about by the breeze hither and thither. He was quite sure that he was a butterfly. The Zhuangzi is a compilation of his and others' writings at the pinnacle of the philosophically subtle Classical period in China (5th-3rd century BC).

[@Aguirrethewrathofgod]

Zhuang Tzu or Zhuangzi are both fine to mention the same person. Combined -zi with the last name is a common way to mention those early days Chinese thinkers respectfully. For example, Confucius usually be mentioned as Kongzi in Chinese. Kong is his last name, and zi is to show the respect.

[@taniaoyarzo7462]

Ancient philosophical wisdom there. Thanks for sharing.

[@linusp9316]

Thank you, SuperNintendo Chalmers.

[@trulyjaada]

LOVED THIS!!! I was looking for a clip of The Good Place this whole time haha but given the theme of this video I can see why it wasn’t included. However it would be amazing to see it involved in a video! Either reaction on their interpretation of moral philosophy, or even a book review if the extensive reading list featured on the show! It’s honestly my favorite show of all time, through & through its phenomenal. It got me to love philosophy, made it easy to understand & it was comedic. Very good show. I’d definitely recommend it to someone who finds it difficult to dive into philosophy. I’d also like to know if anyone could find any fake books within the show-either mentioned or in the background!

[@MGSVxBreakpoint]

3:05 Baudrillard‘s concept of 'Desert of the Real' relates to hyper-reality - the idea that reality has run away with the spoon (as it were) as, for us, reality as we perceive it is based in images that have built and built on top of each other, creating a self-referencing "simulacra" or copy without origins in reality. It ties back to Guy Debord‘s pioneering concept of a "Society of the Spectacle" which is a book you should read NOW.

[@jbernere]

Watching for my Philosophy and Technology class. Very interesting, thank you.

[@renee8833]

I just bought his books the other week. ITS SO GOOD.

[@jshdhdyjfjdjfhfyyene731]

Reality+ by any chance?

[@Trilingualeks]

We haven't evolved the sensory mechanisms necessary to perceive anything other than the physical reality around us because our survival as a species never depended on it - and as we are the most highly developed species on our planet, it's unlikely that any other animal would have this ability either. In a few thousand years, as technology and development will completely change our evolutionary path, these questions will increasingly occupy our existence, and we may see a certain number of more highly evolved brains that may be able to empirically quantify the existence of what reality truly is, whether a simulation, multiverse or some other thing. This is such a fascinating topic and one that those of us alive today will never find the answers to.

[@EmilWestrum]

Ive literally lived a quarter of my life in Azeroth, so this hits home :)

[@MGSVxBreakpoint]

Me. But it‘s Post-War America in the Fallout universe.

[@mikkor841]

Thank you David for a charming analysis! He is one of my favourite contemporary philosphers. Although I would have liked him to include here in addition one more gem of a mini-series: Devs, which also explores philosophical questions and plays with the idea of a physical multiverse and (quantum) computer simulated/constructed universe in one package. Naturally these ideas are also explored in many other Sci-Fi shows, such as Star Trek and Stargate franchises throughout the seasons in one way or the other. And of course you don't necessarily need the Western Tech/Sci-Fi setting (as pointed out also by Mr. Chalmers and some commentators of this video) to discuss these ideas as they are found in different forms in different cultures, religions and philosophies as well.

[@khpon699]

Thanks from Iran continue please 🌹🌹❤️

[@MusicKollusion]

Great video and guest! Am I the only one who thinks he looks like Nick Kroll's "Oh Hello" character?

[@n00bspanker]

It's funny that the Mac he's using must cost thousands of dollars yet the front camera is only 360p

[@AustrianCitizen]

Incredible insight

[@morphman86]

I think large parts of The Good Place really hammers home the philosophy of "what is real".

[@AllanHawke]

This understanding of consciousness will only be possible when another dimension is included, that dimension of near-death experiences, the NDEs.

[@Iza66]

When this book will be available in german language? Thanks

[@Iza66]

Maybe ask Thomas Metzinger to translate it. 😊

[@brodor6277]

Anybody know the title of the artwork behind him

[@AndrewNiccol]

How dare you not mention Thirteenth Floor? It's the second best simulation movie after The Matrix.

[@TheREALJWMGaming]

Would love to see him review the plot of the game "Soma"

[@KurtVanBever]

I missed: - The 13th Floor - Avalon - ARQ

[@AndrewFriedberg]

I wrote a terrible undergraduate thesis on this guy.

[@udhayakumar.v005]

How frank you are !!👌🙂💐👍‼️

[@robertthomas4234]

I love you all, really and unreally, really. 🤗

[@Ramkumar-uj9fo]

The superhero multiverse often reminds people of statistics courses due to its multiple, parallel dimensions, akin to probabilistic scenarios. ChatGPT ❤🎉 I enjoyed Antman and him splitting

[@Ramkumar-uj9fo]

In philosophy I read solipsism cannot be disproved. Yes, "The Truman Show" can lead to solipsistic tendencies by making individuals question the nature of their own reality and whether it is a constructed illusion.

[@slurvtrutl526]

Thank you 🐧

[@NuBFnDr]

I was surprised to see George Berkeley only lived to 19 years old and still managed to be sighted as a great Philosopher..

[@walshygel2]

They have his birth year wrong.

[@MGSVxBreakpoint]

Bwahaha xD

[@EricTitterud]

Arguing from odds in hypothetical situations is so wrongheaded

[@AussieRoos]

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[@ivanmectin9106]

the non player characters are the leaders tthose that have no empathy. the ones with empathy are your fellow players.

[@galpaiandamaris2674]

my ordinary life is not a dream but a nightmare

[@afrobuddy4801]

Does it matter if you were living in a simulation if you can't tell the difference? Is living in the matrix really that bad?

[@MGSVxBreakpoint]

You miss the point. You have never known any other reality but the one you were born into so how can you have any perspective? Remember the line: "Why are my eyes sore?" "Because you‘ve never used them before". The only way you can gain any perspective is by negating everything you *believe* to be truth and go from there.

[@afrobuddy4801]

@@MGSVxBreakpoint ??

[@MGSVxBreakpoint]

@@afrobuddy4801 they aren‘t talking about literal simulations or VR. These philosophers were talking about culture being simulations.

[@D1G1TALFOX]

Real D 0 P E . . . 🕶️✨🚀

[@r0bw00d]

Knowing if you're dreaming or not is easy. If you feel pain or rub your eyes, then you're awake.

[@linusp9316]

You can feel pain in dreams. Happens constantly if you actually do suffer from chronic pain.

[@squarerootof2]

My spinning top is forever spinning. I can't wake up from this dystopia.

[@ainnothin9854]

Why is it statistically probable that we are simulated? Why does he say it's probable so many simulations would occur?

[@johnnyzakka]

In order for a simulation to be indistinguishable from reality we'd need immense processing power in computers. Something which we do not currently have. So I actually disagree with the odds he mentioned. Because we're either in the first (original) reality or the last iteration of that chain of simulations. So really, our odds are 50% that it's all real :)

[@johnnyzakka]

In order for a simulation to be indistinguishable from reality we'd need immense processing power in computers. Something which we do not currently have. So I actually disagree with the odds you mentioned. Because we're either in the first (original) reality or the last iteration of that chain of simulations. So really, our odds are 50% that it's all real. That's not too bad :P

[@livefromplanetearth]

more history please

[@Alex-hm7nt]

He looks like Clark Dukes dad lol. Super interesting video

[@Ramkumar-uj9fo]

You know I am not just human as I liked 50 first dates (memory enhanced by film) and eternal Sunshine of spotless mind (memory surgery). I like cyborg now.

[@Ramkumar-uj9fo]

Enjoy reading your book. The Metaverse is not a Matrix. I have an Avatar on Meta. -- The avatar in the Metaverse may mimic biological characteristics, but it doesn't require underlying biology; it's fundamentally a digital construct.

[@zaineridling]

For me, Alfred North Whitehead clarified reality a hundred years ago by defining what is actual in "Process and Reality" (1929). For the deluded, god-belief is quite real to them, but given that there are no gods, gods are not actual.

[@yoavco99]

Seems to be circular reasoning / begging the question.

[@ivanmectin9106]

this is also true since we are electrical beings ......

[@philosophicsblog]

Westworld might be a good addition

[@Ramkumar-uj9fo]

It is more probable that Neo would seek pure human biology under Morpheus, as his journey is about reclaiming his humanity rather than embracing a cyborg identity. Written by inputs given to ChatGPT ❤🎉 I like cyborg. Still some biology in me so transhuman. Otherwise posthuman I am more attracted to things like mind uploading and virtual humans. Will watch Transcendence.

[@anuragyadav5097]

#Matrix is on adventa vedanta.... upnishad...sholaks are literally in intro

[@wagwanbennydj6003]

This ❤

[@aidanmargarson8910]

what is it to be real .. so accept the magical view

[@Ramkumar-uj9fo]

20000$ is what a virtual me costs like being made into Alexa. I believe that. There is a Digital Deepak Chopra

[@PR-qp8iz]

He looks stoned 🤔 Great reviews nonetheless.

[@Havik79]

I was just thinking how big was the blunt he had before doing this.

[@slurvtrutl526]

Bored at home alone ☺️ he's in his well honed simulation of discussing stimulations he could do this in his sleep as a zombie.

[@wagwanbennydj6003]

Great video as a keen user of the mind myself I love philosophy

[@italogiardina8183]

This raises the possibility that there be a parent-to-child relationship to a previous time slice of myself. This self could be simulated through the tested method of a classic biography. So through fine-grained technology could transfer the self as a more complete resemblance of a sequence of selves. However, this seems to lack a sense of authentic legitimacy. An analogy is how an authoritarian political leader lacks authenticity. Functionally the authoritarian claims to be in control but lacks legitimacy even though people claim '"life is good". Real simulations appear to grey-mirror this political science analogy.

[@davidchalmers2504]

Hm. I find the idea rather interesting. Although, I do agree with the "lack of legitimacy."

[@italogiardina8183]

@@davidchalmers2504 'grey' as a possible "imagined community" interdependent on realpolitik.

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

To bad I would like to hear his opinion about the 2021 film "Free Guy".

[@dondevice8182]

Good my man look or sound any more stoned?

[@blue39503]

I did not watch this. My replicant did. Or was it my surrogate?

[@dukeallen432]

Dude; you’re stretching

[@userGGG702]

Fun

[@JohnzyZombee]

Bleh.

[@TesterAnimal1]

Flurp

[@ivanmectin9106]

the real world - melbourne 2021 . lol.

[@butterflymoon6368]

We are definitely simulated. Nothing 'evil' about it. Where is the other version of us kept? Is that what the 'higher self' is?

[@joshuaracey7967]

This was horrible. His face and sleepy eyes were WAY too close.

[@PhilosophySama]

Ew oculus

[@rohitparikh8132]

This issue has been discussed more than a thousand years ago in both India and China. But hey!, it wasn't discussed by white men! OK, Chalmers is a nice guy and so no doubt was Descartes. But does the West have to continue to be so narcissistic? Here is queen Madalasa in the Fifth century in India. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3XHZJyrpbCIr6s

[@MGSVxBreakpoint]

Lol. Spot the racist. What‘s wrong, sweetie? Did a rich white steal your girlfriend? xD

[@TesterAnimal1]

Yes. He quite clearly referenced the history of this concept. You clearly just came here to post that rant without having watched the video.

[@linusp9316]

He mentioned China, dummy.

[@thomasweir2834]

What's the difference between Professor Chalmers and Rohit Parikh the above comment maker? Only one of them lost their job as a professor for making racist posts and articles calling for the forced deportation in America. And it wasn't Chalmers. Projection is a strange psychological state.

[@gregtronica3569]

you know so much about nothing at all

[@jameswiliams]

THE TWO WAYS OF ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE [Colossians 2-8] “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit after the tradition of man.” There are two ways by which man can acquire knowledge. The first way is known as Philosophy and is described to be begotten “a man centered way” because man has always the first word to his own understanding, his own mind, his own logic that in many times is accompanied by man’s fantasia. Man’s logic and thinking process have the first word in formulating ideas in order to express ideas, opinions or visions, or in order to further benefit mankind in medicine and science. The second way in acquiring knowledge needed for the Heavenly Truth for Salvation is thought Revelation by the Holy Spirit and it is known as receiving knowledge the Christ centred way. The precondition of acquiring knowledge the Christ center way (Revelation) is that religious Life is practiced according to the Will of the Triad God as delivered for the Salvation of man 2000 years ago with 85 Holy Apostolic canons (rules). Cannons of the Apostles www.holytrinitymission.org/books/english/canons_apostles_grabbe.htm#_Toc68522491- - These Holy Apostolic Cannons that enable the presence of Lord Jesus as the “head of His Body the Church” and as a High Priest and Mediator to His Father for each and every one, ensures man’s freedom, because they were set forth to free man from his biggest tyranny that is SIN, and they are aimed to set man free from his biggest tyrant who is the devil.- (Α Colossians 1:18) “He is the head of his body, the Church; He is the source of the body’s life”. orthodoxinfo.com/general/stjohn_church.aspx The TRUTH is revealed ONLY to those who have properly prepared to receive it those who love Him by obeying His commandments and it is RECEIVED PERSON to person, meaning that the TRIAD God delivers the knowledge personally to man just like he delivered Moses the Ten Commandments. [John 14:2] “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him” Salvation means Salvation from death, and death means the Eternal separation from God. What Is the Orthodox Church? - Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2azaGdqqM52bbc GOD IS LIGHT AND THE SAINTS IN THE HOLY SPIRIT BECOME LIGHT [Acts: 6-15] " 15 And all that sat in the He face council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6uspXmEpcmhjLs A SAINT IS A NEW CREATION ON EARTH wordpress.com/block-editor/post/jameswiliamsblog.wordpress.com/52 Understanding the Orthodox Christian Faith (the Faith of the Apostles) youtube.com - Understanding the Orthodox Christian Faith God bless jameswiliamsblog.wordpress.com