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#219 – Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life
Lex Fridman Podcast
Is There a God Beyond Human Capabilities?
Don Knuth: "I believe that there is something beyond human capabilities" He says he tries to imagine himself following a being's wishes, even though he doesn't know what they are. In the book The Man from St. Petersburg, an anarchist in Russia wants to stop any alliance between England and Russia because thousands of people would be killed if it went ahead. 'If I were in a position of responsibility for people's lives, in most cases, I wouldn't have any confidence that my decisions were good'
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