Broadcasts.com - "Episode 237: Glitches Ain't Shit" (Very Bad Wizards)

Published: May 24, 2022, 8:30 p.m.

David and Tamler explore the many variations of simulation theory, the view that our universe is just a computer generated model created by an advanced civilization that has reached \u201ctechnological maturity.\u201d What does the growing popularity of simulation theories reveal about contemporary life? Are any of the arguments for simulation theory compelling or are they just post-hoc ways of justifying what you already believe on faith? If we are living in a simulation, does that mean we can go around killing people? Would it change anything about how we should live? Rodney Ascher\u2019s (Room 237, The Nightmare) excellent documentary "A Glitch in the Matrix" gets the discussion going.

Plus the return of the VBW does conceptual analysis segment - a careful, rigorous, systematic inquiry into the concept \u201ccringe.\u201d*

*Note: if you think the opening segment is itself cringe, that\u2019s because we\u2019re doing seventh dimensional Zoomer meta shit and you just didn\u2019t get it.