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Jan 2024
1h 14m

The Deutsch Files II

Naval
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The universality of computation and explanation 0:00

The growth of knowledge begins with problems 4:56

Problems are clashes between ideas 9:57

Evolution is not the survival of the fittest 14:50

Bad philosophy in quantum theory 26:46

Free will is intimately connected with knowledge-creation 33:41

Wealth is not a number, it is a set of transformations 49:03

The principle of optimism 53:27

Constructor Theory 57:21

How to make a better world 1:10:05

Transcript http://nav.al/deutsch-files-ii

 

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