ToKCast Ep 213: ToKCast in Auckland - live
Jul 11, 2024
Topics include decision-making processes, the role of humans in knowledge creation, transition from Newtonian gravity to general relativity, significance of knowledge, criticism in the Enlightenment era, human creativity vs AI, challenges of forecasting and decision-making.
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Epistemology Inspires Decision Talk
- Karl Popper and David Deutsch's epistemology shaped the talk on decision making under pressure.
- The speaker shared this knowledge with military, government, and academia attendees in Auckland in 2024.
Rationality Is Error Correction
- Rationality means searching for good explanations and correcting errors over time.
- Decision making involves guessing the future to pick the best possible outcome.
Alexander and the Oracle Story
- Alexander the Great forcibly summoned the Oracle of Delphi to learn if he would conquer the world.
- The Oracle told him what he wanted to hear, showing the bias behind soothsaying.