Reality+
Book description
Virtual reality is genuine reality; that's the central thesis of Reality+. In a highly original work of "technophilosophy," David J. Chalmers gives a compelling analysis of our technological future. He argues that virtual worlds are not second-class worlds, and that we can live a meaningful life in virtual reality. We…
Why read it?
1 author picked Reality+ as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
In between other projects, I have been conducting research for a non-fiction book about the particular kinds of parallel universe that every story world creates. And that's how I came across Reality+.
The question as to whether we are living in a simulation is beloved of moviegoers, stoners, and undergraduates (quite a large intersection in that Venn diagram). It's also worthy of serious philosophical and scientific inquiry. David J Chalmers is a philosopher, and his book treats the question with entertaining rigour.
The book goes beyond the simulation hypothesis, though, to examine the philosophical implications of our inevitable colonisation of…
From Matt's list on non-fiction that turn their topics upside down.
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