Are We Living in an Ancestor Simulation? ft. Neil deGrasse Tyson | Space Time
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Are We Living in an Ancestor Simulation? ft. Neil deGrasse Tyson | Space Time

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Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/DonateSPACE Uploaded 03-05-17 Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with Matt to discuss Ancestor Simulations. And check out Matt and Neil discussing how sure we are about our map of the universe https://youtu.be/6Ng1wwW6AeE You can subcribe to Startalk right here https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=startalkradio You can further support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime Get your own Space Time t­shir...

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If that's true, how do we know it didn't already happen?

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Before I get into details, I want to share with you a conversation I recently had about

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This episode is supported by LegalZoom. As our video games become more and more lifelike, it's becoming clear that at some point, perhaps soon, our simulations will be indistinguishable from reality. If that's true, how do we know it didn't already happen?

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Could we be in a simulation now? Before I get into details, I want to share with you a conversation I recently had about this idea with my colleague at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. In fact, with its director, Neil deGrasse Tyson, along with comedian Eugene Merman as

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part of Neil's StarTalk radio show. From Leo Zuwa, Zusa, on Instagram. How about the recent articles about the possibility of us being part of a simulation and the Big Bang being just the seating event of such simulation?

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