I heard about this book on a podcast I listen to and I thought I'd check it out. I'm not sure it was a wise thing to do.David J. Chalmers' "Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy" is about virtual worlds, simulation theory, and how these concepts intersect with philosophy. While the author's writing style is very approachable it also felt repetitive and at times I thought the book could have been a lot shorter and still get the full concept across.
On top of that I disagree with his basic premise. He keeps claiming that virtual objects were real. I guess I believe there is a base reality that holds all the real things and simulations and virtual worlds are not in this base reality.
I am surprised I slogged through this book. It took me a few months to get through it and in the end I gave it three stars out of five on Goodreads because I didn't agree with something so basic as what is real and what is not..
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