The Four Strands

Exploring our deepest theories to infinity and beyond

Skip to content
Menu
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Submit Post
  • Topic Pages

Category: Quantum Physics

Theory of Anything Podcast 35: Interview with Julian Barbour
Podcasts

Theory of Anything Podcast 35: Interview with Julian Barbour

Posted on November 16, 2021November 15, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

Sadia, in her four episodes on unsolved problems in physics (first episode here), was clearly heavily inspired by the work of Julian Barbour. So we…

Theory of Anything Podcast 33: Unsolved Problems in Physics Part 4 – Possible Solutions and Criticisms
Podcasts

Theory of Anything Podcast 33: Unsolved Problems in Physics Part 4 – Possible Solutions and Criticisms

Posted on October 19, 2021October 18, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

In this episode, Sadia Naeem proposes solutions to the previously discussed problems and Bruce offers some gentle criticisms.

Theory of Anything Podcast 32: Unsolved Problems in Physics Part 3 – Symmetry and Novelty
Podcasts

Theory of Anything Podcast 32: Unsolved Problems in Physics Part 3 – Symmetry and Novelty

Posted on October 5, 2021October 4, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

In this episode, Sadia Naeem continues the discussion about unsolved problems in physics. This time we talk about (among many other things) symmetry and novelty.

Theory of Anything Podcast 31: Unsolved Problems in Physics (Part 2)
Podcasts

Theory of Anything Podcast 31: Unsolved Problems in Physics (Part 2)

Posted on September 21, 2021September 21, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

Sadia Naeem joins us again, this time to discuss Clocks, Blocks, and Eternalism.

Did a supernova trigger the late Devonian extinction?
Evolution

Did a supernova trigger the late Devonian extinction?

Posted on November 25, 2020November 16, 2020 by Logan Chipkin

Note – this was originally published with Physics World. Around 359 million years ago, at the boundary between the Devonian and Carboniferous periods, the biosphere…

People and the Cosmos: Constructor Theory
Optimism

People and the Cosmos: Constructor Theory

Posted on November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 by Logan Chipkin

Note–this was originally published with Areo Magazine. It seems that as soon as our ancestors could afford to do so, they forged a spiritual dimension…

Final Theories are Possible to Improve
Computation

Final Theories are Possible to Improve

Posted on July 23, 2020July 29, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

I wrote a post back on May 27 called “Can We Have Final Theories?” This post is to put together my revised thoughts based on…

The SUPERB Theories of Science
Critical Rationalism

The SUPERB Theories of Science

Posted on July 20, 2020October 19, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

This is a historical post. I wrote years ago while I was comparing Roger Penrose’s theories to Deutsch’s. Roger Penrose has an interesting categorization system…

Theory of Anything Podcast – Episode 5: The Avengers, Time Travel, and The Deutsch Proposition
Podcasts

Theory of Anything Podcast – Episode 5: The Avengers, Time Travel, and The Deutsch Proposition

Posted on June 23, 2020November 6, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

“Quantum fluctuation messes with the Planck scale, which then triggers the Deutsch Proposition. Can we agree on that?” asks Tony Stark. What the heck is…

Can There Be Multiple Levels of Universality?
Computation

Can There Be Multiple Levels of Universality?

Posted on June 12, 2020November 1, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

I’ve seen Four Stranders claim that the idea that you can have a level of computational universality above a level of computational universality is a…

Posts navigation

Page 1 Page 2 Next Page

About This Site

Exploring the theories and implications of David Deutsch’s “Four Strands” which are our four deepest scientific theories that, when taken together, are a theory of everything including philosphy, morality, and beauty.

Follow us on Twitter

Login and Feeds

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Search

Recent Posts

  • ToA Episode 43: Deep Reinforcement Learning
  • ToA Episode 42: Popper without Refutation & Resolving the Problems of Refutation (part 2)
  • Popper Without “Refutation”
  • Theory of Anything Episode 41: The Problems of Refutation & Popper Without Refutation (part 1)
  • How to Make Popper’s Epistemology More Clear

Recent Comments

  • JT Velikovsky on Popper Without “Refutation”
  • Bruce Nielson on Danny Frederick on Refutation vs Rejection
  • Bruce Caithness on Danny Frederick on Refutation vs Rejection
  • Bruce Nielson on Danny Frederick on Refutation vs Rejection
  • Bruce Caithness on Danny Frederick on Refutation vs Rejection

Related Links

Follow us on Twitter

Theory of Anything Podcast

Reddit: Begining of Infinity

Fallible Animals Podcast

Logan Chipkin’s Website

Do Explain Podcast

Reason is Fun

Brett Hall’s Website

ToKast

Fallible Management Podcast

Topic Categories

  • Computation
    • Artifical General Intelligence
    • Artificial Intelligence
      • Machine Learning
  • Critical Rationalism
    • Economics
    • Morality
    • Optimism
    • Politics
    • Taking Children Seriously
    • The Arts
  • Evolution
  • Podcasts
  • Quantum Physics
  • Uncategorized

Tags

Ad hoc explanations AGI Animal Consciousness Animal Intelligence Category Theory Certainty Charity of Interpretation Climate Change Coercion Computational Theory Confirmation Consciousness creativity Critical Rationalism Critical Rationalism Subsumes Induction David Deutsch Degrees of Corroboration Disagreements with Deutsch Donald Campbell Douglas Hofstadter Economics Epistemology Evolution Historical Post Induction Initial Use of Force Karl Popper knowledge creation Libertarianism Machine Learning and Critical Rationalism Neo-Darwinian Theory of Mind New Problem of Induction OMSCS Philosophy Problems of Refutation problem solving Protesting Popper Rational Fallacies Reinforcement Learning Roger Penrose Strength of Theories Theory of Anything Podcast Truth is Manifest Error universal darwinism Word Essentialism Fallacy
© Copyright 2022 – The Four Strands
Wisteria Theme by WPFriendship ⋅ Powered by WordPress