Ep 73: David Deutsch on "Truth". A question for David 4.
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Is There a Neologism in Prediction Prophecy?
David Weinberger: Probability tends to lead to spurious predictions which we call prophecies. Guesses about the future that assume human creativity can have no impact on the outcome, he says. "Popa originally didn't want to even to mention truth at all," writes Weinberger. But when Tarski explained correspondence theory of truth in a park bench, Popa realized it could be used for science.
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