About this episode

David interviews Nick Bostrom about simulation theory, anthropic reasoning, and great filters.

Use code coolworldspodcast at https://incogni.com/coolworldspodcast to get an exclusive 60% off.In this week's episode, David is joined by Nick Bostrom, Professor of Philosophy at Oxford University and author of several books including "Deep Utopia", "Superintelligence" and "Anthropic Reasoning". To support this podcast and our research lab, head to https://coolworldslab.com/support Cool Worlds Podcast Theme by Hill [https://open.spotify.com/artist/1hdkvBtRdOW4SPsnxCXOjK]

Topics covered

• Simulation Theory
• Anthropic Reasoning
• Great Filters
• Philosophy
• Artificial Intelligence

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