ToKCast Ep 163: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 8 ”The Significance of Life” Part 2
Nov 11, 2022
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
What Color Were the Dinosaurs?
03:01 • 2min
The Spandrels of San Marco
05:09 • 2min
Gould on the Spandrels of St. Marco
07:04 • 2min
Evolutionarily Speaking Not Everything Needs to Work
09:10 • 2min
Why Should Homosexuality Exist?
11:40 • 2min
The Redness of Hemoglobin
14:00 • 2min
Why Aren't All Birds the Same Color?
16:19 • 2min
Is There a Good Explanation of the Bad Knee?
18:03 • 2min
Can You Take Your Appendix Out Without Much Trouble?
20:22 • 3min
The Red Color of Blood Is a Byproduct of the Red Color
22:55 • 2min
The Beginning Infinity, I'm Stolen David's Thunder
25:24 • 2min
The Fundamental Nature of Knowledge
27:41 • 2min
Dark Matter and Dark Energy - What's Going On?
29:46 • 2min
Can the Theory of Nuclear Physics Predict the Future Development of the Sun?
32:05 • 2min
Dark Brown Dwarfs, Dark Brown Dewalls, Black Holes, Black Nebulae, Black Hole
34:27 • 2min
Is the Sun a Red Giant?
36:43 • 2min
The Master Problem, the Slowing Down of Progress, Is the Most Important Thing
38:32 • 3min
The Importance of Knowledge Creation
41:10 • 2min
Understanding the Universe at the Most Fundamental Level, and the Only Entity That Cares About the Rest of the Universe
43:37 • 2min
Is There a Future of Knowledge?
45:48 • 2min
The Significance of Life, Explanatory Knowledge, in Particular the Significance of People
48:02 • 4min
The Future History of the Universe Depends on the Future of Knowledge
52:30 • 3min
Are We Going Astray in Underestimating the Physical Impact of Life?
55:29 • 2min
Evolution as It Happens With Dna
57:36 • 3min
The Junk Dna of a Living Bear
01:00:56 • 2min
The Multiverse Is a Crystal in the Multiverse
01:02:38 • 3min
How to Detect a Gene in a Multiverse Telescope
01:05:14 • 2min
The Multiverse Is Going to Have the Largest Structures
01:07:25 • 4min