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Against Bayesianism — David Deutsch

The Joe Walker Podcast

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Is That a Prophecy?

There are some quotes in the beginning of infinity that could potentially be misconstrued as prophecies. So for example, on page 455 of the paper back, you talk about how humans will achieve immortality in the next few lifetimes. And i imagine that someone might pounce on that and say, ah, david's contradicting himself. That's a prophecy. But i suppose your retort would be, there's like, a good explanation underlying that claim. Is that fair to say? It's perfectly possible that i er worded it in a way that was either ambiguous or plain wrong.

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