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Ep 106: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 4 “Criteria for Reality” Part 2

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Where Evidence Is Not Already Physically Present, We Can Bring It Into Existence

Galileo's universe is saturated with evidence, Copernicus had assembled evidence for his heliocentric theory and Poland. Tycho Brahe collected his evidence in Denmark and Kepler in Germany. And by pointing his telescope at the skies over Italy, Galileo gained greater access to the same evidence. Every part of the earth's surface, on every clear night, for billions of years has been deluged with evidence about the facts and laws of astronomy. For many other sciences, evidence has similarly been on display to be viewed more clearly in modern times by microscopes and other instruments. Where evidence is not already physically present, we can bring it into existence, with devices such as lasers and pissed barriers

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