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The Deutsch Files IV 1:25:06

19d ago1:25:06

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Connecting the Four Theories into a Unified Whole 0:34 Emergence Is Fundamental 3:18 Constructor Theory Could Transform Multiple Fields 8:30 Innovation Often Emerges Unexpectedly 22:46 Knowledge Evolves Independently Across Universes 29:31 Anti-Rational Memes Hinder Human Progress 31:10 The West Versus the Rest 37:32 Error-correcting Institutions 4…

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The Deutsch Files III 59:18

9M ago59:18

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Proving something about AGI is inherently impossible 0:00 Creativity is not just mixing things together 3:05 The superiority of explanatory knowledge 7:48 Knowledge laden information is more resilient than any physical object 12:36 The problems of cloning people 15:05 Objections to Taking Children Seriously 19:23 “Do what you like” is bad advice 38…

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The Deutsch Files II 1:14:28

9M ago1:14:28

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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 transformation…

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The Deutsch Files I 54:53

10M ago54:53

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Good Science Fiction is Hard to Vary 2:08 ChatGPT is Not a Step Towards AGI 5:36 Creativity is Fundamentally Impossible to Define 13:35 The Binary of Personhood and Non-Personhood 23:41 David Deutsch’s Life Philosophy 32:06 The Clash of Civilizations 44:03 — Transcript http://nav.al/deutsch-files-i Discuss on Airchat http://getairchat.com/arjun/deu…

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David Deutsch: Knowledge Creation and The Human Race, Part 2 34:01

1y ago34:01

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Popper’s Impact 0:00 Creative Guesses 2:18 Experiments, Demonstrations, and Measurements 4:25 Taking Theories Seriously 10:25 New Paradigms 15:58 Foundations of Science 23:30 The Enlightenment 25:39 Misinformation 29:45 — Transcript http://nav.al/david-deutsch-2By Naval

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David Deutsch: Knowledge Creation and The Human Race, Part 1 43:50

1+ y ago43:50

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Introduction 0:00 The Human Race 2:11 Knowledge Creation 12:34 AGI 15:50 Taking Children Seriously 23:30 Good Explanations 27:49 Quantum Computers 36:35 — Transcript http://nav.al/david-deutschBy Naval

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Vitalik: Ethereum, Part 2 25:00

2+ y ago25:00

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The elder statesman of smart contract blockchains 0:00 The Ethereum community 1:22 The DAO hack 2:34 Vitalik’s finest and worst moments in protocol politics 5:18 Becoming a Twitter memelord 7:45 Vitalik’s influence on Eth today 8:59 It’s getting harder to do big things in Eth 10:38 Goals outside Ethereum 12:17 Crypto needs the good-natured 15:00 Ru…

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Vitalik: Ethereum, Part 1 46:07

2+ y ago46:07

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Introduction 0:00 Haseeb’s background 0:22 Vitalik’s background 2:43 A blockchain you can build any app on top of 7:02 Eth trades efficiency for transparency 10:18 Like plain text, Eth is simple and efficient 12:41 Only high-value transactions can afford the blockchain 13:08 Doing away with ‘trusted’ third parties 14:09 Trading performance for secu…

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The Beginning of Infinity, Part 2 52:52

3y ago52:52

52:52

Transcript http://nav.al/infinity-1By Naval

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To a Caveman Very Few Things Are Resources 2:56

3y ago2:56

2:56

Transcript http://nav.al/cavemanBy Naval

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Knowledge Makes the Existence of Resources Infinite 2:31

3y ago2:31

2:31

Transcript http://nav.al/infinite-resourcesBy Naval

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Groups Never Admit Failure 2:08

3y ago2:08

2:08

Transcript: http://nav.al/failureBy Naval

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Making Something Social Destroys the Truth of It 2:28

3y ago2:28

2:28

Transcript http://nav.al/socialBy Naval

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Free Markets Provide the Best Feedback 2:31

3y ago2:31

2:31

Transcript http://nav.al/feedbackBy Naval

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The Poverty of Compromise 2:58

3y ago2:58

2:58

Transcript http://nav.al/compromiseBy Naval

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Innovation Requires Decentralization and a Frontier 2:53

3y ago2:53

2:53

Transcript: http://nav.al/decentralizationBy Naval

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Don’t Rely on Credibility Stamps 1:44

3y ago1:44

1:44

Transcript http://nav.al/credibilityBy Naval

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One Einstein Is Worth A Legion Of PhD Drones 1:22

3y ago1:22

1:22

Transcript http://nav.al/einsteinBy Naval

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Ideas Are the New Oil 3:03

3y ago3:03

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Transcript http://nav.al/ideasBy Naval

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Aliens Would Visit for Knowledge, Not Resources 2:21

3y ago2:21

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Transcript http://nav.al/resources

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Aliens Might Just Be Too Far Away 2:14

3y ago2:14

2:14

Transcript http://nav.al/far-awayBy Naval

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If You Can’t Program It, You Don’t Understand It 0:43

3y ago0:43

0:43

Transcript: http://nav.al/programBy Naval

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The Probability of Human Existence Is Infinitesimally Small 1:24

3y ago1:24

1:24

Transcript http://nav.al/existenceBy Naval

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Intelligent Species Have Only Risen Once on Planet Earth 3:08

3y ago3:08

3:08

Transcript http://nav.al/intelligentBy Naval

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Where Are the Aliens? 1:05

3y ago1:05

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Transcript http://nav.al/aliensBy Naval

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It’s Mind Blowing That Our Minds Can’t Be Blown 2:34

3y ago2:34

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Transcript: http://nav.al/mind-blowingBy Naval

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More Compute Power Doesn’t Produce AGI 1:38

3y ago1:38

1:38

Transcript: http://nav.al/agiBy Naval

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We Are Qualitatively Different From Other Species 1:33

3y ago1:33

1:33

Transcript http://nav.al/speciesBy Naval

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Humans Are Exceptional 2:18

3y ago2:18

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Transcript http://nav.al/exceptionalBy Naval

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Genetic Evolution Was a Prelude to Memetic Evolution 2:25

3y ago2:25

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Transcript http://nav.al/evolutionBy Naval

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There Can Be No Final Theory of Gravity 3:14

3y ago3:14

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Transcript http://nav.al/gravityBy Naval

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No Truth Can Be Justified 2:15

3y ago2:15

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Transcript http://nav.al/justified

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With a Good Theory of Knowledge, You Can Decide What Else Is True 1:36

3y ago1:36

1:36

Transcript http://nav.al/theoryBy Naval

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The Beginning of Infinity, Part 1 1:06:10

3+ y ago1:06:10

1:06:10

Transcript http://nav.al/infinityBy Naval

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Rational Optimism Is the Way Out 2:02

3+ y ago2:02

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Transcript http://nav.al/optimism

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Pessimism Seems Like an Intellectually Serious Position 1:58

3+ y ago1:58

1:58

Transcript http://nav.al/pessimism

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It’s Easy to Extrapolate How Things Will Get Worse 1:36

3+ y ago1:36

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Transcript http://nav.al/extrapolate

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We’re All Equal in Our Infinite Ignorance 1:26

3+ y ago1:26

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Transcript http://nav.al/ignoranceBy Naval

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It’s Rare to Have Competing, Viable, Scientific Theories 2:59

3+ y ago2:59

2:59

Transcript http://nav.al/theoriesBy Naval

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Science Advances One Funeral at a Time 1:18

3+ y ago1:18

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Transcript http://nav.al/advancesBy Naval

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Make Bold Guesses and Weed Out Failures 2:12

3+ y ago2:12

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Transcript http://nav.al/failuresBy Naval

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Theories Are Explanations, Not Predictions 2:32

3+ y ago2:32

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Transcript http://nav.al/predictionsBy Naval

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Science Is an Error-Correcting Mechanism 2:04

3+ y ago2:04

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Transcript http://nav.al/errorBy Naval

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Science Broadens Our Vision of Reality 1:32

3+ y ago1:32

1:32

Transcript http://nav.al/broadenBy Naval

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We Explain the Seen in Terms of the Unseen 1:27

3+ y ago1:27

1:27

Transcript http://nav.al/observedBy Naval

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The Multiverse 1:42

3+ y ago1:42

1:42

Transcript http://nav.al/multiverseBy Naval

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Is Light a Particle or a Wave? 3:19

3+ y ago3:19

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Transcript http://nav.al/lightBy Naval

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Probability Is Subjective 2:06

3+ y ago2:06

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Transcript http://nav.al/probabilityBy Naval

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We Can’t Prove Most Theorems with Known Physics 1:36

3+ y ago1:36

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Transcript http://nav.al/proveBy Naval

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Every Mathematical Theory Is Held Inside a Physical Substrate 1:44

3+ y ago1:44

1:44

Transcript http://nav.al/substrateBy Naval

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