Lead Us Not Into Speculation, Nor Excessive Computation

More Matrix and Philosophy: Revolutions and Reloaded Decoded

Open Court

February 2005, 250 pages, $17.95

[15 January 2008]

by George Reisch and Nick Bostrom

A prominent philosopher argues that you, me, and everyone you know may be an artificial computer-simulation of a person.

Reprinted by permission of Open Court Publishing Company, from More Matrix and Philosophy: Revolutions and Reloaded Decoded © 2005 by Open Court Publishing Company.

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