One week ago, I (Curt Jaimungal) was invited to Niagara University to give the Peggy and John Day University Honors Endowed Lecture, which was quite the privilege and honor. The lecture focuses on metaphysics. I explain extremely simply the arguments for you being a “simulation,” the arguments against it, and where I personally land. Then I do the same for “materialism.”

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Timestamps:

- 00:00 - Simulation vs. Materialism

- 05:04 - Mistakes Intellectuals Make

- 10:12 - The Simulation Mythology

- 16:46 - Bayesian Errors & Glitches

- 23:22 - Principle of Indifference Flaws

- 29:07 - The Case Against Materialism / Physicalism

- 35:28 - Nested Consciousness Problem

- 42:36 - Q&A: Modern Dualism?

- 50:51 - Debating Indifference Principle

Links mentioned:

- Niagara University’s 2025 Fall Speaker Series: https://www.niagara.edu/academics/initiatives-and-institutes/fall-speaker-series/

- Michael Barnwell [Site]: https://www.philosophy4business.com/

- David Deutsch [TOE]: https://youtu.be/vKeWv-cdWkM

- Roger Penrose [TOE]: https://youtu.be/sGm505TFMbU

- David Chalmers [TOE]: https://youtu.be/RH5qjdHhtBk

- The Most Abused Theorem in Math [TOE]: https://youtu.be/OH-ybecvuEo

- The Mandela Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory#Mandela_effect

- Efron’s Dice: https://mathworld.wolfram.com/EfronsDice.html

- String Theory Iceberg [TOE]: https://youtu.be/X4PdPnQuwjY

- Emily Adlam & Jacob Barandes [TOE]: https://youtu.be/rw1ewLJUgOg

- Tim Maudlin [TOE]: https://youtu.be/fU1bs5o3nss

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