Science Rules! with Bill Nye

Are We Living in a Simulation?

Combining consciousness and technology leaves us with some big questions. Questions that philosopher and cognitive scientist Dr. David Chalmers thinks about (someone's got to!). Caller Keith wants to know if consciousness can be manufactured, and Elizabeth asks if we will ever garner true emotion from AI? Chalmers gives his thoughts on those big questions, and experiments on Bill and Corey by kicking them in the shin!You can listen to ad-free new episodes of Science Rules! only on Stitcher Premium. For a free month of Stitcher Premium, go to <a href="http://www.stitcherpremium.com/" target="_blank">stitcherpremium.com</a> and use promo code ‘SCIENCE.' This episode is sponsored by Starbucks, Credo Mobile (<a href="http://www.credo.com/science" target="_blank">www.credo.com/science</a>), The Great Courses (<a href="http://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/SCIENCERULES" target="_blank">www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/SCIENCERULES</a>), Quality Logo Products (<a href="http://www.qualitylogo.com" target="_blank">www.qualitylogo.com</a> code: SCIENCERULES), and Progressive Insurance (<a href="http://www.progressive.com" target="_blank">www.progressive.com</a>).

Bill Nye is on a mission to change the world — one voicemail at a time. Bill and science writer Corey S. Powell take your burning questions and put them to the world's leading experts on just about every topic in the universe. Should you stop eating cheeseburgers to combat climate change? Could alien life be swimming inside the moons of Jupiter and Saturn? Does your pet parakeet learn to sing the way that you learned to speak? Bill, Corey, and their special guests will answer those questions and convince you that... science rules!