

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 9 episodes
The Beginning of Infinity
Explanations That Transform the World

#2 Mentioned in 4 episodes
Objective Knowledge
An Evolutionary Approach

#3 Mentioned in 4 episodes
The Open Society and Its Enemies
The Spell of Plato

#4 Mentioned in 4 episodes
Conjectures and refutations
the growth of scientific knowledge

#5 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The Knowledge Machine
How Irrationality Created Modern Science

#6 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The Fabric of Reality
The Science of Parallel Universes--and Its Implications

#7 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The Constitution of Knowledge

#8 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The selfish gene
#9 Mentioned in 3 episodes
All of Life is Problem Solving

#10 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Evolutionary epistemology, rationality, and the sociology of knowledge
#11 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Thinking Ape

#12 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Sovereign Child
How a Forgotten Philosophy Can Liberate Kids and Their Parents

#13 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Emperor's New Mind
Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics

#14 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
#15 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Physics of Immortality

#16 Mentioned in 2 episodes
1984

#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Nietzsche and the Nazis

#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)

#19 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
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes












