What are Ancestor Simulations… and are we living in one?

What are Ancestor Simulations… and are we living in one?

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Boltzmann Brains & the Anthropic Principle

Boltzmann Brains & the Anthropic Principle

Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ We continue our discussion of the Boltzmann Brain - a hypothetical randomly assembled mind rather than an evolved one - by looking at the Anthropic Principle and the Fine-Tuned Universe Theory,...

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The Anthropic Principle and Super Intelligence

The Anthropic Principle and Super Intelligence

Today we are looking at two topics, the Anthropic Principle and the idea of greater than human intelligence, generally called Super-Intelligence or SI. Support the Channel at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?ty=h&u=3365828

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