This is an exploration of the first 7 pages of "The Fabric of Reality". I spend much of the time talking about the significance of the book, how I missed so much even on my first few readings of it and how we find even in these first few pages not merely the seeds of aspects of David Deutsch's later work, but an entire forest of important ideas that motivate much in "The Beginning of Infinity" and his other philosophical work such as "The Logic of Experimental Tests": https://pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/271767/1-s2.0-S1355219816X00032/1-s2.0-S135521981530023X/main.pdf?X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjELD%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJIMEYCIQCpVtOa5vXyHFkW7TveHQWuaLO3fg5L8c1kkB%2FAEa3ofwIhALjvQ8XjLS9pKlfB9whhFPpR%2Bh0%2BE%2B8W%2F6IZuqdyYQS3KrQDCDgQAxoMMDU5MDAzNTQ2ODY1Igzh4QgAODuf9vDdmpUqkQPIm2lPGFNSIo7dVlNoUEPcOW3aA2f9j6Cr6x2%2BZbp9EBD4J9wXDnW5qs2Ydf3gQlxyuBXvVcN1Ycu7p0%2BrG1kfrmrSqtysBox1vkojcBGdupyqrltMSSVRFGEL8b6TqCC%2BOXK1B4KvrJez65CkhPkKmCutWQv%2FtgqaIv7vzABtqYOXjBcy7JUjgO9NFp3kZsxGMqDR62Fxhjf2DCicpPwFXZ65TBm8jWGZ4pfq9vHGORmFqlBeESuEkMFSh2GXqLSo8PVfulXlPagkbxEtSxXo625levOExFdH07DSqBMp%2B%2FUL01GaC7heYFcYMImaWnu6v%2BScsl0jrIqKmmCUc2S4YVmE7xHhpv9RW9l01vRzUd139e35CyJH%2Fav64MD6mYo6%2FC1e9pqDx9xhGjFy1yTEGmYEAnJUMjOi9bitibsnbWoju387JY7qMi6ALJyKdYq5oNwMI3ZnDlKECZdssUqV1%2FYbeJ5nj9NP58sGWTGTQXAQfLdMNUHRsgcGlM4n5vH0NbUJ5t2GN5OBzwic8nCXcTDA8dGEBjrqAYywnFYEG9%2Ftx5n3Y6S9YfK5LNXd9VfGaMi%2FLUzpRZMV29DrALx10Q9lavLiZtOsqGmGrjmSaYVooQvHEmryQE8qXb6daO0eC%2BiVQzI97fsR%2B%2FgKppxr4kgeptKqy1S27EZuu6Q%2FMRvIKFdljKpawWribWhJyC51N4cHEmDAgOKddHO0gf9XglIhshqvCJT6kV4KddaTGsRBdYSVgiDpukkfyZl1Q6wqSr%2BjA2dCrmyHzraId41n4wgcrtAxuHD1pWiLP5AVJznC9Zcq2CKxXlgTPXM8F49zqLnLvh2OYSt1Hore4sKgKzDrzA%3D%3D&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20210507T005238Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAQ3PHCVTY7ZXMQVMF%2F20210507%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=3142b7bdf2569af4b9ad7781f1a17f2e7beab98852d7eea9a7ba4d794687f985&hash=9d848604d317fea6b524cf95bd5e5163d2dc801ce102f1049edcaca7361b457c&host=68042c943591013ac2b2430a89b270f6af2c76d8dfd086a07176afe7c76c2c61&pii=S135521981530023X&tid=spdf-4757f92a-ddac-4a02-bad4-e0377684bc22&sid=cd7069598b3c214f033b0e3-bdecf1cfde71gxrqa&type=client For many who read "FoR" as it has affectionately become known prior to "The Beginning of Infinity" (BoI) - it was FoR that really shifted our mindset from a common-sense and traditional understanding of science and philosophy to a genuinely Popperian world view, updated and refined by David Deutsch. This is not a book to be read lightly if one is unaccustomed to the work of David Deutsch. It will change your mind. I do not mean in the colloquial sense of that phrase - like "It will change an idea you have". I mean it will change what your mi ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_2C21gIgzY

This is the second part of "Minds" which is the 5th part of the "Things that make you go mmmmm?" series. In this we encounter some deep misconceptions. What is intelligence? Is it about setting and achieving goals? Can a system be intelligent and yet only obey its instructions? What is the relevance of disobedience? What are the practical moral implications of misunderstanding epistemology? This is me at my most animated. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhJcmVaPDus

All about fine tuning using a specific example to discuss the debate that rages in physics and cosmology on whether the universe was designed, looks designed or is random. Originally from https://youtu.be/3JJ-13IGAzE?si=nAITwlrnuqg_oe5Z #physics #cosmology #philosophy ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfZ453YmUY4

The tenth in a series of shorts reflecting on 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 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol0B7rY10NY