In this session, explore mind-bending thought experiments designed to challenge your understanding and help you gently slumber. If you enjoyed this session, please like and comment. Thank you so much for the support. 00:00:00: Introduction00:01:01: Level 1: The Experience Machine00:03:12: Level 2: The Lost Wallet Dilemma00:05:06: Level 3: The Drowning Child00:06:48: Level 4: The Scripted Room00:07:43: Level 5: The Lazy Genius00:09:07: Level 6: Mary's Room00:11:14: Level 7: The Diner Tip Dilemma00:13:03: Level 8: The Value of Art Forgery00:14:55: Level 9: The Camera in the Room00:16:39: Level 10: Moral Offset00:17:43: Level 11: The Affirmation Experiment00:18:56: Level 12: The Invisibility Cloak00:20:31: Level 13: The Reverse Experience Machine00:21:21: Level 14: The Chocolate-Covered Baby00:22:50: Level 15: The Shame Removal Drug00:23:06: Level 16: The Red Button00:24:10: Level 17: Moral Fungibility00:26:37: Level 18: The Clone Murder00:27:31: Level 19: Empathy Injection00:30:21: Level 20: The Whisper Network00:32:24: Level 21: The Virtual Pet Dilemma00:34:35: Level 22: The Forgotten Promise00:36:43: Level 23: Moral Precommitment00:39:00: Level 24: The Soul Swap00:40:58: Level 25: The Overheard Lie00:42:17: Level 26: The Accidental Hero00:43:30: Level 27: The Eyewitness Rewind00:45:21: Level 28: Ethical Offloading00:47:33: Level 29: The Timeless Betrayal00:49:42: Level 30: The Lifeboat Musician00:51:31: Level 31: The Reverse Mirror Test00:52:13: Level 32: The Thought Police00:54:18: Level 33: The Memory Swap00:56:06: Level 34: The Predictable Life00:58:30: Level 35: The Doppelgänger Encounter01:00:41: Level 36: The Social Credit Overdraft01:02:59: Level 37: The Language Limit01:04:38: Level 38: The Truth Pill01:06:45: Level 39: The Last Honest Person01:09:03: Level 40: The Fair Lottery01:10:35: Level 41: The Child Simulator01:12:44: Level 42: The Veil of Ignorance01:15:19: Level 43: Ethical Neuralink01:17:35: Level 44: Reputation Erasure01:19:14: Level 45: The Ghost Friend01:21:20: Level 46: The Emotion Machine01:24:17: Level 47: Dream Factory01:25:57: Level 48: The Bystander Algorithm01:27:56: Level 49: Post-Human Ethics01:31:23: Level 50: The Expanding Circle01:34:26: Level 51: The Unequal Rescue01:35:56: Level 52: The Memory Deletion Option01:38:12: Level 53: The Reverse Veil of Ignorance01:41:47: Level 54: Moral Luck01:46:47: Level 55: The Infinite Museum01:49:39: Level 56: Searle's Chinese Room01:51:42: Level 57: Infinite Regress01:56:53: Level 58: The Problem of Induction02:00:26: Level 59: The Secret Ruler02:02:40: Level 60: The Lifespan Swap02:04:53: Level 61: The One-Person Society02:07:19: Level 62: The Identity Drift02:09:30: Level 63: Interstellar Orphans02:12:16: Level 64: The Binding Problem02:15:46: Level 65: The Suspended Life02:18:03: Level 66: Anthropic Principle (Strong)02:21:56: Level 67: Platonism vs Nominalism02:26:58: Level 68: Hive Mind Option02:29:10: Level 69: The Sleeper's Consent02:31:39: Level 70: Terraforming Ethics02:32:32: Level 71: The Eternal Jury02:35:33: Level 72: Retrocausality02:38:42: Level 73: Eternalism02:43:23: Level 74: Moral Autopilot02:45:48: Level 75: Mind Leasing02:49:10: Level 76: Simulation Therapy02:51:13: Level 77: Minds Without Brains02:53:52: Level 78: Reality is Virtual02:58:21: Level 79: The Meta-Problem of Consciousness03:01:09: Level 80: Cross-Species Uplift03:03:38: Level 81: Self-Defeating Beliefs03:07:30: Level 82: Hyperbolic Discounting03:11:30: Level 83: Planet of Clones03:13:56: Level 84: Eternal Growth Economy... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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