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Essays on consciousness, simulation, reality, and possible worlds.
If We Live in a Simulation, Is There a Real World at All?
On infinite chains and trees of simulated worlds.
simulationrealityIf Worlds Can Be Created, Why Create Only One?
A generator of possible realities and new ways of existing.
possible worldsconsciousnessDoes a Mind Need Emotions?
Can a mind inherit knowledge of pain and compassion without inheriting suffering?
consciousnessmachine mindAn Evening as Long as a Life
A thought experiment about a posthuman mind and a life fully lived.
simulationmindWhen Does a Planet Begin to Think?
The PCIS scale: how a global network might develop into a planetary cognitive system.
planetary intelligencePCISglobal brainartificial intelligenceNot Toward the Stars, but Inward
What if an advanced civilization expands not across the Galaxy, but inward into the worlds it creates?
virtual worldsposthumanspacefuture civilizationDreaming as a Built-In Simulation of Reality
If the brain creates a convincing world every night, could dreaming become a fully controlled simulation?
dreamssimulationconsciousnessHuman After Humanity
How gradual replacement of body and brain could turn a person into a distributed cosmic mind.
posthumanconsciousnessspaceLife with Cheats
If an immortal mind can have everything, might it need to create limits all over again?
meaningemotionsposthumanThe Metaphysics of a Self-Unfolding Mind
Mind, brain, consciousness, God, evolution, and artificial intelligence in one philosophical essay.
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