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Dualism is...
The belief the mind and body are one in the same; intertwined
The mind is a manifestation of the physical
A religion
The belief the mind and the body are separate entities
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Which is NOT a premise of the simulation theory
Post-humans will opt out of producing ancestor simulations
Computing will exceed what is required to simulate a world
Humanity will not reach a post-human stage
We are in a simulation
3
Which thought experiment matches closest to
The Matrix
?
Descartes Madman
Plato's Allegory of the Cave
Simulation Theory
Pluto's Alligator likes Nick Cave
4
How is
The Matrix
NOT like the simulation theory?
The people that can be in the simulation still have a physical body
There is a real and simulated world
The Matrix is a computer simulation
Neo can wake up
5
Descartes' Apple Cart discusses...
Ideas are like apples.
Bad apples are like bad ideas; they can taint the good ones
How ideas must be examined and bad ideas discarded
Apples are a figment of our imaginations- they are not actually real
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In
The Matrix
, Neo is closest to who in 'the cave'?
The prisoners in the cave
The prisoner who escapes
The people outside
The people casting the shadows
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General artificial intelligence...
disproves the mind/body debate
supports Monism
supports Dualism
will never happen anyway...
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Who would win in a fight?
A Ninja
A Spartan Hoplite
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Metaphysics...
examines right and wrong- ethics
examines the nature of knowing
was invented to hurt my brain
examines the fundamental nature of reality
10
Hallucinations are...
Seeing things that are not there
False sensory messaging
Lies
false memories
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Cogito, Ergo Sum describes...
A basis for reality
How we can be sure we are at least a thinking thing
Latin saying
How we must question everything
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Monism is...
A religion
The belief the mind and body are one in the same; intertwined
The belief the mind and the body are separate entities
The mind is a manifestation of the physical
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How can be be sure of what is real?
We can't, lol
Cogito, Ergo Sum
Trust our senses, silly!
Can't be too sure, but our perception of the world seems to be close
