Absolute Sleep

Mind-Bending Thought Experiments to Fall Asleep To


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In this session, explore mind-bending thought experiments designed to challenge your understanding and help you gently slumber.


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00:00:00: Introduction
00:01:01: Level 1: The Experience Machine
00:03:12: Level 2: The Lost Wallet Dilemma
00:05:06: Level 3: The Drowning Child
00:06:48: Level 4: The Scripted Room
00:07:43: Level 5: The Lazy Genius
00:09:07: Level 6: Mary's Room
00:11:14: Level 7: The Diner Tip Dilemma
00:13:03: Level 8: The Value of Art Forgery
00:14:55: Level 9: The Camera in the Room
00:16:39: Level 10: Moral Offset
00:17:43: Level 11: The Affirmation Experiment
00:18:56: Level 12: The Invisibility Cloak
00:20:31: Level 13: The Reverse Experience Machine
00:21:21: Level 14: The Chocolate-Covered Baby
00:22:50: Level 15: The Shame Removal Drug
00:23:06: Level 16: The Red Button
00:24:10: Level 17: Moral Fungibility
00:26:37: Level 18: The Clone Murder
00:27:31: Level 19: Empathy Injection
00:30:21: Level 20: The Whisper Network
00:32:24: Level 21: The Virtual Pet Dilemma
00:34:35: Level 22: The Forgotten Promise
00:36:43: Level 23: Moral Precommitment
00:39:00: Level 24: The Soul Swap
00:40:58: Level 25: The Overheard Lie
00:42:17: Level 26: The Accidental Hero
00:43:30: Level 27: The Eyewitness Rewind
00:45:21: Level 28: Ethical Offloading
00:47:33: Level 29: The Timeless Betrayal
00:49:42: Level 30: The Lifeboat Musician
00:51:31: Level 31: The Reverse Mirror Test
00:52:13: Level 32: The Thought Police
00:54:18: Level 33: The Memory Swap
00:56:06: Level 34: The Predictable Life
00:58:30: Level 35: The Doppelgänger Encounter
01:00:41: Level 36: The Social Credit Overdraft
01:02:59: Level 37: The Language Limit
01:04:38: Level 38: The Truth Pill
01:06:45: Level 39: The Last Honest Person
01:09:03: Level 40: The Fair Lottery
01:10:35: Level 41: The Child Simulator
01:12:44: Level 42: The Veil of Ignorance
01:15:19: Level 43: Ethical Neuralink
01:17:35: Level 44: Reputation Erasure
01:19:14: Level 45: The Ghost Friend
01:21:20: Level 46: The Emotion Machine
01:24:17: Level 47: Dream Factory
01:25:57: Level 48: The Bystander Algorithm
01:27:56: Level 49: Post-Human Ethics
01:31:23: Level 50: The Expanding Circle
01:34:26: Level 51: The Unequal Rescue
01:35:56: Level 52: The Memory Deletion Option
01:38:12: Level 53: The Reverse Veil of Ignorance
01:41:47: Level 54: Moral Luck
01:46:47: Level 55: The Infinite Museum
01:49:39: Level 56: Searle's Chinese Room
01:51:42: Level 57: Infinite Regress
01:56:53: Level 58: The Problem of Induction
02:00:26: Level 59: The Secret Ruler
02:02:40: Level 60: The Lifespan Swap
02:04:53: Level 61: The One-Person Society
02:07:19: Level 62: The Identity Drift
02:09:30: Level 63: Interstellar Orphans
02:12:16: Level 64: The Binding Problem
02:15:46: Level 65: The Suspended Life
02:18:03: Level 66: Anthropic Principle (Strong)
02:21:56: Level 67: Platonism vs Nominalism
02:26:58: Level 68: Hive Mind Option
02:29:10: Level 69: The Sleeper's Consent
02:31:39: Level 70: Terraforming Ethics
02:32:32: Level 71: The Eternal Jury
02:35:33: Level 72: Retrocausality
02:38:42: Level 73: Eternalism
02:43:23: Level 74: Moral Autopilot
02:45:48: Level 75: Mind Leasing
02:49:10: Level 76: Simulation Therapy
02:51:13: Level 77: Minds Without Brains
02:53:52: Level 78: Reality is Virtual
02:58:21: Level 79: The Meta-Problem of Consciousness
03:01:09: Level 80: Cross-Species Uplift
03:03:38: Level 81: Self-Defeating Beliefs
03:07:30: Level 82: Hyperbolic Discounting
03:11:30: Level 83: Planet of Clones
03:13:56: Level 84: Eternal Growth Economy
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