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Ep 63: "The Fabric of Reality" episode 1

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The Oracle of Physics

David Deutsch eviscerates argument that science is about predictions. He says if you wanted to predict the outcome of experiment, then you have to first specify the experiment. That takes a heck of a lot of explanatory work and it's not what science is about. As David says here, we've got this oracle, don't we? It's called physical reality. Physical reality is the oracle. It will give you the answer to any experiment that you ask it. The hard part is figuring out what the question is in the first place.

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