Ep 100: David Deutsch
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The Link Between Physics and Morality
constructo theory is a new way of thinking about the possible and impossible. It could be used to explain why we can't know what augustus caesar ate on his thirteenth birthday, but it might also be unknowable. If constructive theory works then there will be a theory of knowledge within constructo theory,. just like there will be an idea of quanto mechanics within constructor theory. But i think that one can address that issue without using constructive theory directly. Our theory of knowledge is nowhere near us as precise and accurate as our theories about physic. And this could be expressed precisely in constructive theory to measure julius caesar's last meal.
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