Season 1 · Episode 99
Episode 99: Critical Rationalism and Solipsism
The Theory of Anything · Bruce Nielson and Peter Johansen
December 16, 20241h 31m
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Show Notes
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?