COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1: introduction to the simulation hypothesis
Module 2: The Simulation Argument
Module 3: Technology #1: Video Games, AR/VR, and the Metaverse
Module 4: Technology #2 AI and the simulation
Module 5: Philosophy #1 Deep Dive (Western philosophy)
Module 6: Philosophy #2 Ethics and Philosophical problems related to Simulation
Module 7: Science #1: Quantum Physics and the Simulation
Module 8: Science #2: The Multiverse and the Simulation
Module 9: Religion #1: Eastern religions and the simulation
Module 10: Religion #2: Western religions and the simulation
Module 11: Digital Immortality and Uploading of Consciousness
Module 12: Consciousness, Unexplained Phenomena, Glitches in the Matrix (?)
Module 13: Arguments and Experiments for and against the Simulation
Module 14: Living in the Simulation: What Does This Mean for Me?