Simulation, Consciousness, Existence
Hans Moravec's 1998 essay on whether we might live in a simulation, mixing ideas about computation, mind and the nature of existence.
No account needed · sign in to keep your taste everywhere
More like this
Pages that share Simulation, Consciousness, Existence's themes. Or browse all of Science.
Is Everything Conscious?
An essay making the case for panpsychism as a compromise between physicalism and dualism, and explaining why the combina…
The Subjective Grounds the Physical
A philosophy essay arguing that the view from nowhere is nonsense, and that subjective experience rather than physics is…
Structured Procrastination
John Perry's classic 1995 essay on getting things done by always having something more important to avoid, plus more ess…
Arendt Speaks of Oases (In Praise of Oases)
An essay on Hannah Arendt's image of the oasis as a refuge that protects our self-understanding from the pressure to adj…
Why Be Moral?
Larry Sanger's essay presenting his basic approach to ethics, arguing that living well is the foundation of morality and…
Post-Futurism: The Age of the Hinge
An essay arguing that after a century of racing toward the future, the people who built it are walking away, leaving the…
Stumble onto more like this
One click takes you to a page you didn't know you were looking for. Rate it and the next one lands closer to your taste.
Add to Browser — it's freeWorks in Chrome, Edge and Brave. No account needed.