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I found the debate almost unwatchable. There's no discussion, there's just a couple of good bits where Carroll talks sense. I don't imagine many LessWrongers will enjoy it.
Does he explain why an afterlife implies that we must "alter our fundamental understanding of physics"? I would be surprised if a simulation with our physical laws was logically inconsistent with New Game+-like features.
The other group were non-reductionists. If non-reductionism is true, and souls really do exist, that would alter our fundamental understanding of physics - that the basic building blocks of the universe include souls, that they can transfer energy and information etc.
One of the things that irritated me was the lack of discussion however. They didn't really get to attack each other's arguments much.