The Theory of Anything cover image

Episode 58: Deutsch's "Creative Blocks": A Decade Later

The Theory of Anything

00:00

The Importance of Critical Rationalism

There's a lot of pseudo philosophical ideas out there that are definitely in the mouths of these very small set of boosters, like Nick Bostrom and Ray Kurzweil. The reason why they're saying it is because they just don't even have a clue what else to say. And we've got better things to say. We could talk about universal, universal explainers. It's really obvious that knowing critical rationalism just does not seem to help that much. Deutsches has defined creativity in terms of the ability to create explanations,. He has claimed that there are only two kinds of knowledge creation: biological evolution and that of human minds.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app