The Theory of Anything
Bruce Nielson and Peter Johansen
A podcast that explores the unseen and surprising connections between nearly everything, with special emphasis on intelligence and the search for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) through the lens of Karl Popper's Theory of Knowledge.
David Deutsch argued that Quantum Mechanics, Darwinian Evolution, Karl Popper's Theory of Knowledge, and Computational Theory (aka "The Four Strands") represent an early 'theory of everything' be it science, philosophy, computation, religion, politics, or art. So we explore everything.
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David Deutsch argued that Quantum Mechanics, Darwinian Evolution, Karl Popper's Theory of Knowledge, and Computational Theory (aka "The Four Strands") represent an early 'theory of everything' be it science, philosophy, computation, religion, politics, or art. So we explore everything.
Support us on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/brucenielson/membership
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on The Theory of Anything podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 5 episodes
The Beginning of Infinity
Explanations That Transform the World
David Deutsch
#2 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The Fabric of Reality
The Science of Parallel Universes--and Its Implications
David Deutsch
#3 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The Open Society and Its Enemies
The Spell of Plato
Karl Popper
#4 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Evolutionary epistemology, rationality, and the sociology of knowledge
Karl Popper
William Warren Bartley
Gerard Radnitzky
#5 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Constitution of Knowledge
Jonathan Rauch
#6 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The selfish gene
Lalla Ward Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins
#7 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Conjectures and refutations
the growth of scientific knowledge
Michelle Irene
Karl Popper
de Launay Marc B.
Melitta Mew
#8 Mentioned in 2 episodes
1984
George Orwell
#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Nietzsche and the Nazis
Stephen Hicks
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
Carol Tavris
Elliot Aronson
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul
What Gnarly Computation Taught Me About Ultimate Reality, the Meaning of Life, and How to Be Happy
Rudy Rucker
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Unended Quest
Karl Popper
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media
Jacob Mchangama
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Sources of Adapted Variation
Charlesworth et al.
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The vital question
Nick Lane
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The last superstition
Edward Feser
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. Dick
#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
A treatise of human nature
David Hume
#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Black Swan
The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
David Chandler
Nassim Taleb
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Happiness Hypothesis
Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
Jonathan Haidt
