The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests.
Despite the unrivaled empirical success of quantum theory, the very suggestion that it may be literally true as a description of nature is still gree… - David Deutsch
Despite the unrivaled empirical success of quantum theory, the very suggestion that it may be literally true as a description of nature is still gree…
- David Deutsch
If you can’t program it, you haven’t understood it. - David Deutsch
If you can’t program it, you haven’t understood it.
Is the human race a universal constructor? - David Deutsch
Is the human race a universal constructor?
Discovering a new explanation is inherently an act of creativity. - David Deutsch
Discovering a new explanation is inherently an act of creativity.
Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense... - David Deutsch
Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense...
Base metals can be transmuted into gold by stars, and by intelligent beings who understand the processes that power stars, but by nothing else in the… - David Deutsch
Base metals can be transmuted into gold by stars, and by intelligent beings who understand the processes that power stars, but by nothing else in the…
If we can't program it, we can't understand it. - David Deutsch
If we can't program it, we can't understand it.
The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests. - David Deutsch
Feeling insignificant because the universe is large has exactly the same logic as feeling inadequate for not being a cow. - David Deutsch
Feeling insignificant because the universe is large has exactly the same logic as feeling inadequate for not being a cow.
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