I think the way you've posed the question is exactly right. And that's why we're in a kind of Copernican moment where our fundamental understanding about how this universe works is being challenged by new provable facts that the sun is not revolving around us, we're revolving around it. That's a very profound change. And I went back and I looked at that period in history and realized, wow, it took like 100 years before people could actually say, yes, this is the case. That's three generations, it required to get comfortable with this notion. So why are we in that situation today? It's, as you say, the simulation theory is one of them. And by the way, I shared a taxi once because I spoke on a stage with Nick Bostrom, and I tried to have a conversation with him. I was very difficult. He's so brilliant, he just can't talk to a regular person like me. Like I just couldn't get anywhere. I think. Was he too focused on the details and he couldn't sort of zoom out? Well, and I wasn't (32/99)
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