00:00 Introduction
08:03 Interview Begins
09:42 How Chiara found herself at the foundations of physics
15:30 How Chiara found Everett
19:13 No Special Physics is required for Observers
21:02 What is a counterfactual? How is it linked to a constructor?
29:05 What is (classical) information? How is it different to quantum information?
32:30 Quantum Information is more constrained. This makes it more powerful.
34:08 Is the universe made of information?
38:04 The Simulation Hypothesis
40:33 The second law of thermodynamics
53:16 The AI Apocalypse?
58:02 How do we help a human become passionate about knowledge?
59:39 The Fine Tuning Problem
01:07:48 The Constructor Theoretic Notion of Knowledge
01:10:52 Constructor Theoretic Knowledge as a window on the origins of life.
01:12:16 The links between physics, epistemology and biology
01:14:15 Experimentally testing the quantum nature of gravity
01:26:05 Where to find out more
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Ep 107: What is a good explanation?
Ep 106: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 4 “Criteria for Reality” Part 2
Ep 105: David Deutsch’s “The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 4 “Criteria for Reality” Part 1
Ep 104: Are We Running Out Of Resources?
Ep 103: Ask Me Anything #2
Ep 102: The Thin Veneer
Ep 101 Ask Me Anything 1
Ep 100: David Deutsch
Ep: 99 David Deutsch‘s ”The Beginning of Infinity” - a retrospective in 99 minutes
Ep 98: ”Knowledge” Chiara Marletto‘s ”The Science of Can and Can‘t” Ch 5 Readings and discussion.
Ep 97: David Deutsch answers a question about dark energy. A question for David number 10.
Ep 96: Computational Universality: Yaron Brook vs Sam Harris response
Ep: 95 Steven Pinker‘s ”Rationality” Chapters 1 & 2 Remarks and Analysis
Ep 94: Wealth and the Conflict of Ideas
Ep 93: David Deutsch answers a question about the nature of mind. A question for David number 9.
Ep 92: David Deutsch answers a question about observations. A question for David number 8
Ep 91: David Deutsch‘s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 3 “Problem Solving” Part 2
Ep 90: Fallibilism
Ep: 89 ”Quantum Information” Chiara Marletto‘s ”The Science of Can & Can‘t” Ch 4 readings and discussion
Ep: 88 Critically Creative (Critical and Creative Thinking 2.0).
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