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it's-not-scientific-and-it's-not
I tried tapping in to my inner Douglas Murray to summon the right level of outrage for this one. This is about as angry as I get. I’m essentially reading through and responding to this “Scientific American” article (which has nothing scientific nor American about it) https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-delusion-of-infinite-economic-growth1/ with some supplementary remarks about a “Nature” article which goes a long way towards rubbishing the good name of that great journal: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-16941-y
If you’re not in agreement with the articles you might appreciate trading my time spent making this defence of freedom, free trade and progress with some of your own money here: https://www.patreon.com/tokcast or here for a monthly contribution: https://www.patreon.com/BrettRHall or on my website click “Donate” to make a one off contribution www.bretthall.org
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AMA and more
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tokcast-episode-4-the-limitations-of
This is all about the limitations of mathematics, following episode 3
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Everettian quantum theory (i.e: the quantum multiverse) can be tested against other theories - like all collapse models such as the so-called "Copenhagen Interpretation". David Deutsch explained this in this paper: https://boulderschool.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Deutsch.pdf in 1984 but it remains poorly understood even after a popular account was given by David in this book by Paul Davies and Julian Brown "The Ghost in the Atom" available here: https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Atom-Discussion-Mysteries-Quantum/dp/0521457289
Those accounts by David are technical and very much for professional physicists who should consult those either in lieu of this video or in addition to it should questions remain.
In this video I attempt to explain a version of the experiment it in terms for a lay person untrained in physics. David has pointed out I did not "didn't explain why Parlox can't remember which path the photon took: it's because he had to reset the mirrors to their original state, and the only way to do that involves connecting them again to his memory of how they were, which wipes it." (quote from @DavidDeutschOxf Twitter). So this needs to be kept in mind when listening.
This video is excerpted from a much longer one here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6C_K18A4f8 which is part of the Multiverse Series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsE51P_yPQCQqJDb65AIVLads8PKxYuPm which is itself just a small part of the podcast ToKCast found on Youtube here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmP5H2rF-ER33a58ZD5jCig and anywhere podcasts are found (Just search for ToKCast).
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This is the first in the series of "Things that make you go mm?" (Get it - shorter!). "Minisodes" getting to the fundamentals of each of the Mmmms I've been discussing recently. Theories are misconceptions. All our knowledge contains misconceptions - as well as truth.
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DAVID
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This is the third part (given there was a part 0, introduction) referring to chapter 16 of The Beginning of Infinity with substantive readings. We get into how memes evolved in non-human animals and then how these memes, and genes at some point allowed for a jump to universality. Specifically the universality of explanatory knowledge - which is a quality of a special kind of software - that which runs on our brains, or otherwise known as "a person's mind".
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1r0lBi2m68
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newsletter-3-manners-and-misattributions
This is the podcast version of my Substack Newsletter number 3 here https://bretthall.substack.com/p/manners-and-misattributions?r=3r9kb&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Links referred to in the podcast can all be found in that article however here is a link to the historian who writes about Dr. Neil Tyson https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2022/04/13/nil-degrasse-tyson-knows-nothing-about-nothing/
and crucially here is a link to my page providing a pdf version of "Schools of Hellas" the book by Kenneth John Freeman https://www.bretthall.org/schools-of-hellas.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpl5SRhtVYA
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knowledge,-wealth-and-constructors
Very brief readings from and lengthy reflections upon David Deutsch's paper "The Philosophy of Constructor Theory" published here https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-013-0279-z and available in full here: https://www.constructortheory.org/portfolio/the-philosophy-of-constructor-theory/ #physics #knowledge #philosophy #epistemology #daviddeutsch #science
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.
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