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Episode 44: Clarifying David Deutsch's Views of "Knowledge"

The Theory of Anything

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The One Problem Is So Good That You Can't Buy Many Worlds

In some cases, you don't necessarily have to reach the hundredth problem. You can actually understand the theory at the theoretical mathematical level using a very simple thought experiment. So it does depend on what the theory is and what its problem space looks like. But I think it always does come down to you're not convinced until you see it solve problems before you get the theory.

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