The Theory of Anything

Episode 99: Critical Rationalism and Solipsism


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AKA "David Deutsch DESTORYS the Simulation Hypothesis"

Bruce take a deep dive into solipsism in the form of the brain in a vat thought experiment, Nick Bostrom’s simulation hypothesis, and related ideas. Does the Church-Turing-Deutsch thesis suggest we could live in a simulation? What does critical rationalism say about these theories?

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