The TED Interview

David Deutsch on the infinite reach of knowledge

Oct 23, 2018
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The Fabric of Reality by David Doych
01:36 • 2min
3
You're Right, We Are Chemical Scum on the Surface of an Obscure Planet
03:37 • 2min
4
The Beginning of Infinity
06:00 • 3min
5
Is There a Limit to the Influence of Knowledge?
09:27 • 3min
6
Is There a Special Status in Biology?
12:16 • 2min
7
Knowledge Is Information That Has Causal Power
13:51 • 3min
8
What Happened in the Cosmos?
16:37 • 3min
9
What Is Human Type Creativity?
19:36 • 3min
10
The Evolution of Explanatory Knowledge
22:12 • 3min
11
Do You Know What Meams Are?
25:27 • 3min
12
Is There a Meam That Is False?
28:50 • 3min
13
The Science of Error Correction
31:24 • 3min
14
Is There a Fragileness to the Knowledge?
34:24 • 2min
15
Is That Alens That You Have?
35:57 • 2min
16
Democracy Is the Political Equivalent of the Scientific Revolution, Liberal Liberal Democracys
37:56 • 2min
17
Is That the Right Way to Think of Knowledge?
39:38 • 2min
18
The Dog Knows That a Bone Tastes Good
41:42 • 2min
19
The Firmi Paradox - Is There Intelligent Life on Other Planets?
43:39 • 2min
20
Is There Evidence of Engineering in the Galaxy?
46:09 • 2min
21
Is It Possible to Have a Knowledge Lift Off?
48:33 • 2min
22
Is It Inevitable That Everything Goes Wrong?
50:17 • 2min
23
Is There a Moral Obligation to Stay Ahead of the Bad Guys?
52:13 • 2min
24
I Love Optimism
54:29 • 2min
25
Is There a Limit to the Journey of Growing Knowledge?
56:47 • 2min
26
The Most Important Questions in Human Life Are Questions We Have to Be Able to Talk About
58:28 • 2min
27
A New Season of Far Flung
01:00:15 • 2min