Very brief readings from and lengthy reflections upon David Deutsch's paper "The Philosophy of Constructor Theory" published here https://link.springer.com/article/10.... and available in full here: https://www.constructortheory.org/por... #physics #knowledge #philosophy #epistemology #daviddeutsch #science
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Timestamps/chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:45 Predictions are not always possible
01:27 The Unpredictable
02:33 The Content of Future Theories
03:36 Better Theories Better Explain What Exists
04:31 The Principle of Testability
04:58 The Negation of an Explanation is Not an Explanation
06:04 Knowledge is the most significant entity in the universe
06:33 The Most Important Kind of Abstract Constructor Is Knowledge (Part 1)
07:22 The Most Important Kind of Abstract Constructor Is Knowledge (Part 2)
07:44 Physics is almost entirely the study of the effects of knowledge
08:40 Knowledge is not primarily about the content of minds
09:20 People are more significant than any religion realises
10:15 Wealth = Knowledge + Resources
11:15 Ultimately, Knowledge is the Only Scarce Resource
12:05 Knowledge determines which physical transformations happen
13:17 Knowledge is Information with Causal Power
14:13 Knowledge is Substrate Independent (Part 1)
15:11 Knowledge is Substrate Independent (Part 2)
16:01 Knowledge is Substrate Independent (Part 3)
16:12 Knowledge is Substrate Independent (Part 4)
17:01 Knowledge is Substrate Independent (Part 5)
17:44 Knowledge is Substrate Independent (Part 6)
18:34 Knowledge is Substrate Independent (Part 7)
19:35 The Role of Emotion in Objective Knowledge Creation
20:31 On Why People are Unique
21:16 Humans Routinely Defy Their Instincts
22:13 People are Universal Explainers
23:16 Human Brains obey the Laws of Physics
23:57 Many “Rationalists” Endorse the Supernatural
24:32 Good Explanations and Decision Making
25:33 Inexplicit Knowledge and Misconceptions
26:38 Quaila: We have them. We cannot describe them
27:42 Intuitions are conjectures
28:51 Either you have a Good Explanation or you don’t
29:45 Vibes can be an indication to investigate further
30:43 Knowledge is not just a “decision engine”
31:31 Obsession with guessing the future is irrational
32:15 A “simulation” of a mind is a mind.
33:08 We cannot predict the output of a creative entity
34:04 Knowledge Rekindles Light When Other Lights Go Out.
Ep 127: The End of Global Order (A response).
Ep: 126 Origins
Ep 125: Livestreams 1, 2 & 3
Ep 124: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 6 “Universality and the limits of Computation”
Ep 123: Ask Me Anything 3
Ep 122: ”Work and Heat” - Chiara Marletto’s ”The Science of Can and Can’t” Chapter 6 Readings & Discussion.
(Episode 121) Energy
(Episode 120) Newsletter 10: The Jubilee, Peace, Progress and Policing
Ep 119: Work and Heat: An introduction to thermodynamics (a prelude to Ch 6 of ”The Science of Can & Can’t).
(Ep 118: The Planetary Health Authority)
(Ep 117: Heat, Work, Universality and Exams)
Ep 116: Objective Knowledge
Ep 115: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 5 “Virtual Reality”
(Ep 114) Newsletter 3: Manners and Misattributions
Ep: 113 Steven Pinker’s ”Rationality” Chapter 4 ”Probability and Randomness” Remarks and Analysis
(Ep 112) The 3Rs: Reality, Reason and Rationality. Newsletter 1
Ep 111: Probability - Reality, Rationality and Risk
Ep 110: A Tradition of Criticism
Ep: 109 ”Objective Morality I: The Principle of Optimism”
Ep: 108 Steven Pinker’s ”Rationality”Chapter 3 ”Logic and Critical Thinking” - reflections and analysis.
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