This episode is focussed on the physics content of chapter 1. I explain what the current “conception” of physics is in terms of dynamical laws and initial conditions. I run through a simple example of how equations of motion are used and discuss how this has been, hitherto, the way physics has been done, is done and is expected to continue to be done according to most philosophers and physicists. We then compare this vision of physics to what constructor theory aims to achieve by considering more than just a single thread through the fabric of reality (what was, is and will be) and instead to consider what might have been and might still be. This clearly has implications for knowledge and, again, we hint at the possibility of a physics of epistemology. It also opens up the possibility for physics to address questions about why the initial conditions are the way they are and thus provides a new window into the origins of the universe and the problem of "fine tuning" when it comes to the constant of nature and the form of the physical laws.
Ep 187: Red Pens and Fallibilism
Ep 186: Brett, Naval and more on AI & AGI
Ep 185: Possibility and Actuality. Facts and Counterfactuals.
Ep 184: ToKCast Digest - An Overview of Optimism
Ep 183: St George in retirement syndrome on St Patrick’s day.
Ep 182: Livestream Science News and AMA
Ep 181: The Big Bang Livestream ToKCast
Ep 180: Livestream: ”The Open Hand of Reason”
Ep 179: Livestream March 14, 2023
Ep 178: Its, Bits, Qubits *Part 2*
Ep 177: Its, Bits, Qubits. Part 1
Ep 176: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 9 ”Quantum Computers” Part 2
Ep 175: Science News 1: Population III - The First Generation of Stars in the Universe Observed?
Ep 174: A message for next millennium.
Ep 173: Brett Talks Twitter 2
Ep 172: Talents and Testing
Ep 171: Knowledge and Ignorance 6
Ep 170: Are creativity and consciousness the same thing?
Ep 169: Livestream & Happy New Year
Ep 168: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 9 ”Quantum Computers” Part 1
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