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

Captions provided by CCTubes – Captioning the Internet! 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

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The idea that our reality is a simulation is not as far-fetched as you may think. Many philosophers, scientists and tech-billionaires are seriously considering not just the possibility but the high probability that our civilization may be a program being run by another, more advanced alien civilization.

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