Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Dr. Daniel Rubio graciously agreed to come on the channel to discuss and critique a paper I wrote examining four lesser-discussed hypotheses that lie somewhere between theism and atheism: the simulation hypothesis, cosmopsychism, axiarchism, and new laws of nature.

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EPISODE CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Introduction
00:12:13 Option #1 - We're in a simulation.
00:32:26 Option #2 - The universe designed itself.
01:05:31 Option #3 - Goodness requires that the universe exist.
01:29:01 Option #4 - Laws of nature guide the universe towards life.