Systems | The Beginning of Infinity 3 of 5 | David Deutsch
The Gospel of Crazy Eye Dog
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The Principle of Optimism Is That All Evils Are Caused by Insufficient Knowledge
We have at least a chance of creating the knowledge required to survive in time. We do not know the probability of a spontaneously occurring incurable plague, but we may guess that it is unacceptably high. Even if our civilization moves out into space, we need to be prepared for a giant gamma ray burst that would kill us all. The problem of aging is the same general type as that of disease. Although it is a complex problem by present day standards, the complexity is finite and can and can find to a relatively narrow arena whose basic principles are already fairly well understood. Meanwhile, knowledge in the relevant fields is increasing exponentially. If progress is to be made, some of the opportunities and
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