Are we living in a simulation? | Sean Carroll and Lex Fridman

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Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist, author, and host of Mindscape podcast.

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[LexClips]

Guest bio: Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist, author, and host of Mindscape podcast.

[juneshasta]

Lex's humble curiosity is adorable even though he runs the simulation.

[MauricioGonzalezFilms]

"Holy sh*t! This guy's taking Roy off the grid! This guy doesn't have a social security number for Roy!" 😂

[casadobis]

Sometimes I watch some TV show from the early 90s... Even looking at the horrible resolution of the tv at the time seemed like reality of a real life. Today my 4k tv feels the same. Sometimes we think simulation is impossible because everything looks so real. So did my Sony 530 lines of resolution in 1992. I'm not sure if its or not.... But its truly possible.

[penubly]

Lex you need to read the short story "Creator" by David Lake (about 1977-78)

[rvgr]

I’ve watched the full interview twice and still click these clips while scrolling lol

[Hatrackman]

Just because matter is wholly only an expression of motion doesn't mean existence doesn't exist.

[oskarngo]

The simulation hypothesis is wrong...!

Simulation requires an Obscene amount of energy....

...that much energy simply is not Available to any planet/ civilization..

And yes, Energy May be infinite...
...but the “Physical” material used to collect that energy is “Finite”...!

You can call that physical material anything you want...ie Lithium, Hydrogen, , , dilithium...

...but What ever it is, it is Finite....

Also collecting energy generates waste... which is also a limiting factor...!

[Mr.Not_Sure]

The better simulation is, the more performant/complex hardware should be. I think creating perfect simulation is equally hard as creating actual objects. Hence there's no clear boundary between simulation and reality. In other words: perfect simulation of reality _is_ a reality.

[Harry-jzdn]

What's with the majority of replies not showing up? Not the type of video i expect needing moderated or ppl getting triggered to the point they're getting posts deleted.

[KanesTrades]

I've thought about this a lot and my current thinking is - so what? It's no more bizarre than any other explanations to the origins of our existence.. actually it's less bizarre than a lot of other plausible explanations

[satorified]

A few years ago I had a psychedelic experience where I kept seeing a strange computer like grid. And oddly enough, I knew nothing about simulation theory at the time. Strange thing to

[morgankey]

Based off "many worlds" the idea that a simulation is created would at least be in 1 of them, and then ability to create endless simulations with the ability to create the world we find ourselves in I think is highly likely

[Raging.Geekazoid]

It depends on what you mean by "simulation". God sitting by his PC while it runs Universe.exe? No, there's no scientific evidence for that. But why is the speed of light the same for all observers? That's a weird one, and it's reminiscent of parallel computing. Like the universe is real in some sense, but 3D space isn't. Like the things we call "particles" are tiny little computers and the universe is a humongous network of them. So (1) what we perceive as "proximity" between particles is a connection between microprocessors, (2) motion is the process of adjusting those connections, (3) c is the speed of their communication, and (4) time dilation is what happens when center-of-mass motion starts hogging the processor's CPU power. 🤔

[theheroofthestory]

Never understood what the big draw of simulation is to people. If I found out tomorrow that simulation was proven beyond any doubt and went out and robbed a bank in broad daylight and got caught, I would go to prison and get however many years penalty. Nothing would be any different. I would still have to eat, I would still feel pain. I couldn't just click my heals together and be back home. It's like realizing that there is probably life on other planets, it doesn't change anything one way or the other. Unless they come here, then, if we are in a simulation, it still would matter the same.
Yes, in a sim you can see and do stuff. In your simulation you could snow ski, but you wouldn't feel cold, you wouldn't smell the great outdoors and if you go off the side of the cliff you'll still be able to go to dinner & have a good time.

[skyelark]

If we conclude that life is a simulation, we make God false and a liar.

[sjs]

WATCH “ The 13th Floor “ … a virtual world inside a virtual world., inside a virtual world…….

[tgenov]

If all Mathematics is computational, and all physics is mathematics.
And all quantum physics is just “shut up and calculate”.

It sure seems like a simulated universe would be precisely the kind of universe in which Mathematics works - that is precisely the reason to take it seriously.

[calvingrondahl]

I want to believe I am a simulation because reality has been weaponized with shame and blame, which I avoid doing.

[tomsense]

Wait Lex, do you play Elden Ring? Game balance and optimized player experience aside, imagine a (somewhat or fully) simulated version of The Lands Between… now add some Brain-computer interface tech with UI.