Are We Living In A Simulation? - Sabine Hossenfelder

Sabine Hossenfelder is a theoretical physicist, research fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, quantum gravity researcher and an author. There are a lot of big questions in the world, like does the past still exist? Do particles think? Was the universe fine tuned for us? Does free will exist? Will we ever have a theory of everything? Are we living in a simulation? And given that we don't have answers yet, why not let a physicist have a crack at them? Expect to learn why physicists who say they know how the universe started aren't telling the truth, whether we can compute a human brain, why no one gets any younger, if maths is the ultimate basis of reality, why there might be copies of all of us out there in the universe, how your entire life could be the imagined history of a brain floating in space and much more... Sponsors: Get 15% discount on Craftd London’s jewellery at https://bit.ly/cdwisdom (use code MW15) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://bit.ly/cbdwisdom (use code: MW20) Extra Stuff: Buy Existential Physics - https://amzn.to/3Rqbk6F Subscribe to Sabine's YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/SabineHossenfelder Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #physics #simulation #freewill - 00:00 Intro 02:53 The Problem with the Simulation Hypothesis 11:15 How Physics Impacts Free Will 18:13 Misunderstanding the Universe’s Origins 27:09 Is There Something Better than Mathematics? 32:00 The Fine-Tuned Theory 37:45 Boltzmann Brains 45:10 Can We Compute Consciousness? 53:37 Where to Find Sabine - Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Listen to all episodes on audio: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

Sabine HossenfelderguestChris Williamsonhost

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EPISODE INFO

Released: September 3, 2022
Duration: 54m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Sabine Hossenfelder is a theoretical physicist, research fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, quantum gravity researcher and an author. There are a lot of big questions in the world, like does the past still exist? Do particles think? Was the universe fine tuned for us? Does free will exist? Will we ever have a theory of everything? Are we living in a simulation? And given that we don't have answers yet, why not let a physicist have a crack at them? Expect to learn why physicists who say they know how the universe started aren't telling the truth, whether we can compute a human brain, why no one gets any younger, if maths is the ultimate basis of reality, why there might be copies of all of us out there in the universe, how your entire life could be the imagined history of a brain floating in space and much more... Sponsors: Get 15% discount on Craftd London’s jewellery at https://bit.ly/cdwisdom (use code MW15) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://bit.ly/cbdwisdom (use code: MW20) Extra Stuff: Buy Existential Physics - https://amzn.to/3Rqbk6F Subscribe to Sabine's YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/SabineHossenfelder Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #physics #simulation #freewill - 00:00 Intro 02:53 The Problem with the Simulation Hypothesis 11:15 How Physics Impacts Free Will 18:13 Misunderstanding the Universe’s Origins 27:09 Is There Something Better than Mathematics? 32:00 The Fine-Tuned Theory 37:45 Boltzmann Brains 45:10 Can We Compute Consciousness? 53:37 Where to Find Sabine - Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Listen to all episodes on audio: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

SPEAKERS

Sabine Hossenfelder
guest
Chris Williamson
host

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Sabine Hossenfelder and Chris Williamson, Are We Living In A Simulation? - Sabine Hossenfelder explores physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Dismantles Cosmic Myths About Reality And Free Will Sabine Hossenfelder discusses why popular ideas like the simulation hypothesis, fine‑tuning, and many speculative cosmology stories are not genuinely scientific but often oversold as such. She stresses the limits of current physics: we cannot yet simulate the universe, explain the Big Bang, or reliably predict its ultimate fate, and honest answers often amount to “we don’t know.”

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