Oh, What a Relief: None of this May Be REAL?

Oh, What a Relief: None of this May Be REAL?

What if the real world isn't 'REAL' but just some kind of computer program? Claudia Cragg (@claudiacragg) speaks here with Riz Virk @Rizstanford As Virk (Treasure Hunt, 2017) puts it, "The fundamental question raised by the Simulation Hypothesis is: Are we all actually characters living inside some kind of giant, massively multi-player online video game, a simulated reality that is so well rendered that we cannot distinguish it from 'physical reality'?" These ideas may well have first been most discussed because of the Matrix films, but many people have been fascinated with the potential for far longer than video games have been around. Plato's Allegory of the Cave suggests a similar concept, as do the teachings of Buddhism, Islam and Hinduism. Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, was interested in the notion of mental projection while Philip K. Dick—who frequently imagined such situations in his fiction—firmly believed that the world was a simulation. Virk says the Simulation Hypothesis is not as far-fetched as it may seem. He explains computer science, humanity's understanding of physics, and mystical traditions going back thousands of years all point to the idea that the world may not be as "real" as people think it is. "The goal of what we call science," he says, " is to understand the nature of reality. If we are in fact inside a video game, then science becomes a matter of 'discovering' the rules of this video game." Virk demonstrates that what we call 'reality' is a harder concept to engage with than people admit.

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#WaPo David Ignatius on The FBI, The CIA, Short Selling and Deep Fakes

#WaPo David Ignatius on The FBI, The CIA, Short Selling and Deep Fakes

@claudiacragg speaks with The Washington Post's David Ignatius @ignatiuspost about his new novel, The Paladin. He is a prize winning novelist who has been covering the Middle East and the CIA for near...

14 Touko 202028min

COVID19 Kills Cash Too

COVID19 Kills Cash Too

A growing number of businesses and individuals worldwide have stopped using banknotes in fear that physical currency, handled by tens of thousands of people over its lifetime, could be a vector for th...

30 Huhti 202020min

COVID 19 - an Unequal Opportunity Killer, with Daniel E. Dawes, Esq.

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According to a new report from the CDC, the Center for Disease Control, African Americans are being "disproportionately affected by COVID-19." The data showed that 33% of those hospitalized are black,...

16 Huhti 202033min

Is CARES enough with millions of COVID unemployed?

Is CARES enough with millions of COVID unemployed?

At least 10 percent of American workers have lost their jobs in the past three weeks amid the coronavirus pandemic and a record 6.6 million new claims for unemployment benefits were filed last week. W...

9 Huhti 202050min

Reprise - Because If There Is Ever A Need For 'Magical Thinking'...

Reprise - Because If There Is Ever A Need For 'Magical Thinking'...

Isabel Allende @isabelallende has been through a great deal in her life and that is why perhaps listening to her story now might be helpful to some? Believe it or not, the esteemed poet Pablo Neruda o...

2 Huhti 202024min

The Congressional 'Squad' vs. 'Badasses' Take on Rebalancing Values

The Congressional 'Squad' vs. 'Badasses' Take on Rebalancing Values

Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg speaks here with Jennifer Steinhauer @jestei @nytimes about her lively study, "The Firsts: The Inside Story of the Women Reshaping Congress." In January 2019, the largest n...

19 Maalis 202034min

ISOLATION - Community and Love in a Time of Coronavirus

ISOLATION - Community and Love in a Time of Coronavirus

Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg speaks here with Val Walker @ValWalkerAuthor about her friendly, candid, and comforting guide for isolating times when we have no one to count on, 400 Friends and No One to...

12 Maalis 202031min

How Are You Coping Right Now?

How Are You Coping Right Now?

Claudia Cragg (@claudiacragg) speaks here with Dr. Richard J. Davidson (@healthyminds) about the book he co-wrote, 'Altered Traits'. In the last twenty years, meditation and mindfulness have gone from...

5 Maalis 202016min

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