Ep 100: David Deutsch
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Podcast: ToKCast (LS 45 · TOP 1% what is this?) Episode: Ep 100: David Deutsch Pub date: 2021-12-01 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization This is the complete and unabridged discussion I had with David Deutsch largely about "The Beginning of Infinity". It contains all my "Questions for David" - which were published separately - AND much more content too. 00:00 Introduction 12:51 Why aren’t testable theories enough? 14:37 Predictions vs Explanations 18:33 Verisimilitude 23:54 Are people a “chemical scum”? 25:43 The Earth is uniquely suited to life? 30:22 What does “provable” mean? 33:44 Undecidability 37:45 Classifying abstractions 41:29 The nature of physical laws. 47:06 Direct Observation 50:29 The nature of mind 55:40 The Supernatural 59:52 Epistemology and Morality 01:02:00 The physical limitations of knowledge? 01:09:24 Some history of quantum computation 01:16:44 Tic Tacs, UFOs and aliens 01:19:01 Dark Energy Support the podcast by following the links to Patreon or Paypal here: www.bretthall.org The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Brett Hall, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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Podcast: ToKCast Episode: Ep 100: David Deutsch Pub date: 2021-12-01 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/fece78c02d72453f9af6505c6e07f5e9/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Brett Hall, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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