209: The simulated universe and God. Are we living in a simulation? What does God have to do with it?

<p>The boys drink and review another Pastryarchy offering from DuClaw, Irish Cream Dessert Stout, then wonder whether we're living in a simulation, and whether it matters.</p> <p>From Descartes's skepticism to Nick Bostrom's famous paper, P&amp;C review some of the top arguments for why our world might not be what we think it is.</p> <p>If simulated humans can have first-person experience, we are almost certainly in a simulation. Or are we? There are interesting arguments both ways.</p> <p>Then the boys discuss how the simulation question relates to the God question. Does the possibility that we are in a simulated universe shed any light on God's existence?</p>