Ray Kurzweil: Are we living in a simulation? | Lex Fridman Podcast Clips

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Ray Kurzweil is an author, inventor, and futurist.

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[FourthFloorParkour]

Simulation theory’s seem silly to me. It doesn’t even attempt to answer any philosophical questions. It just kicks the can down the road to a sphere where nothing can possibly be answered. The same big picture questions like “why are we here” exist but can no longer be pursued

[ofSeptember]

I've always been fascinated with this theory because I feel that we as humans are drawn and attracted to simulations. For example, I love to play Sim City (all its versions). So as we grow and develop more complex computer power, it will one day be possible to create an entire world or universe with planets and living creatures and life forms that basically run on a computer code. Who is to say that some life form that existed before humans didn't create a simulation of our universe and create an Earth that hosted "life"? Human conscience is perhaps the most baffling thing, how it was created and how its perceived to make us think we are something more special than the other animals and life forms on Earth. Its truly amazing. I think the James Webb telescope is showing us a lot more than that the Big Bang Theory was wrong.

[saxocr]

What happened to Ray? He is not as sharp as a few years back. It would be a shame if we are loosing a great mind despite all the life span extending supplements he declared he was taking. All the best dear Ray

[URCGR]

The knower of particles and the forms they create is God. That knower is each of us.

[altrdstat]

If its computational somebody has to do the computation, yes? We started off with lots of particles floating around?, floating around in what? Empty Space? And why should such a thing as empty space be a thing anyway?……..maybe I’m missing something.

[nickduplaga]

Time is perspective based. The future exists, but can be changeable. Aliens create pull forces in opposite directions that cancel acceleration while increasing motion. Experiments show that faster movement makes time age slower (time ticks slower at the bottom of a mountain, and ticks faster at the top of a mountain.) Aliens can go near light speed without experiencing acceleration, and time travel into the future. I also think that from our perspective because we see them aging slower they gravitationally redshift. Everything quantum scale is a wavelength, the vibration of solids/liquids/gasses would be visible as slower, and by observations when waves loose energy their wavelengths elongate (gravitational redshift.) Elongating into infra red makes them invisible, and into radio waves makes them pass through walls like wifi. Many encounters (including some that I had personally) state that aliens also can show the temporary future, that then is changeable. I don’t know if that involves faster than light such as quantum entanglement, or quantum tunneling, or something else. I saw an orb of scattering light fly through a wall, make a fan temporarily instantly freeze, and then unfreeze without spinning up, or down, and instantly boil soup. Time went either into the temporary future, or the past with a memory of the future that then was changeable during many occasions, but the timing, and duration was useless. Also when I screen recorded my iphones time app time jumped back a few seconds, then return jumped forward after a few times. Take from that what you will, but I will say it should scare us that we haven’t time traveled our technology back yet. I hope there is a good reason why, but there is a chance we become extinct before we can, and aliens won’t care much like they didn’t when the big rock made the dinosaurs extinct. Considering we already have particle accelerators, quantum computers, and fusion that time may be sooner than people think. We should be accelerating our technology quicker. At least laser anti air, rail gun anti ship, and plasma propulsion that reduces radar cross section. The improvements in superconductors, battery discharge, and plasma control could help push our particle accelerator, and fusion technology well enough where we can at least prevent extinction, or live with temporary future technology that can see future patents, and time will be irrelevant. Other know encounters shown future time travel. Nimitz aircraft carrier fleet tic tac encounter that was intercepted by many jets, had been videoed by the jets weapons targeting system, crew eye witness, etc had predicted the jets pre decided flight plans. The aircraft carrier fleet radioed into the jet that the tic tac flew towards their cap point, and was waiting many miles away. We need better technology faster. That’s the unfortunate truth. We do live in a simulation by physics. When I experienced the temporary future, that then was changeable the future at least is likely a multiverse.

[frangione]

I just feel like a lot of people get the simulation theory all wrong. Mostly because they jump into conclusion that our reality is just one alien's computer game. I like to think about our universe as one of the bunch which is created by some omnipotent (from our perspective) upperdimentional beings. They are using some sort of hardware which isn't made of a matter as the matter is a concept of the universe we live within. I find simulation theory and E8 theory very compelling and what lays beyond the simulated reality is what our brains can't and will probably never be able to comprehend.

[holisterbruxly]

Feel like im in the Truman show sometimes.

[lythalmind]

God is real, and we are all fractals of Gods consciousness existing in a simulation currently undergoing a spiritual/ moral cleanse that will one day lead us back to the source. The source is God.

[mybluemars]

One thing seems sure. Calculations can only be done by a consciousness. However nature seems to work more by pure logic. Although Mathematics needs logic, logic does not necessariely need mathematics.

[URCGR]

The question isn’t how do we know? The question is how could we not.

[thetreeoflife]

The Universe is a conscious sentient being and has computer like attributes. God is both a particle and a wave ( person and field)

[carefulcarpenter]

_Synchronistic mathematics_
Computational and accausal.

[cfcreative]

Ray what happened you told us all you were gonna live forever?

[Hatrackman]

No. Its just that matter isn't real.

[HighStakesDanny]

No one knows and everyone is clearly obviously making this stuff up. God is love from consciousness? Yeah, Okay.

[alvarez.l]

Was the universe created with beauty in mind?

[miighankurt]

the three Rabbis have spoken. Mic drop.

[bobsiddoway]

The bots are heavy today in the comment section. Maybe trying to show their sentience on a metaphysics discussion. Consciousness is energy/all that there is. Do some Deemz and we can all see the connectedness. Even you bots out there. 🤣🤙

[neonpop]

He makes no sense. And the questions are basic. This is weird how basic their ideas are and unclear, they’re not even sure what they’re talking about