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The limitless potential of human knowledge | David Deutsch

The TED Interview

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What Happened in the Cosmos?

Humans evolved the ability to do what you've just said at least a hundred thousand years ago, right? But for various reasons, didn't use it. So what happened? At some point along the evolutionary chain? These minds were created that were capable of a different, more powerful kind of knowledge - lin explanatory knowledge. And we are at the phase change where things are from now onthat is, if we play our cards right. If is not, it might not happen, or some one else might do it. Ind it may may be it's not us in the end, it some successor species or but we are part of am a lift off that has no limit. In principle

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