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Theory of Anything 25: Does Artificial Intelligence Create Knowledge?
Artificial Intelligence

Theory of Anything 25: Does Artificial Intelligence Create Knowledge?

Posted on June 29, 2021August 1, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

In The Beginning of Infinity, David Deutsch claimed that no existing evolutionary algorithm has yet created knowledge. But Karl Popper and Donald Campbell beg to…

The Critical Rationalist Translation Guide
Critical Rationalism

The Critical Rationalist Translation Guide

Posted on February 4, 2021March 30, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

In past posts, I’ve been building my argument around why Word Essentialism is always a rational mistake under Popperian epistemology. Popper himself explained this. I…

Happiness and Problem Solving
Critical Rationalism

Happiness and Problem Solving

Posted on December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 by Sashin

The following letter was originally sent out to my mailing list and published here.

Theory of Anything Podcast – Episode 9: Intro to Computational Theory
Artifical General Intelligence

Theory of Anything Podcast – Episode 9: Intro to Computational Theory

Posted on December 13, 2020December 13, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

Computational Theory is possibly the most underrated of all scientific theories. In fact, most scientists think of it as a branch of mathematics rather than…

Campbell vs Deutsch: Ubiquitous Knowledge-Creation
Artificial Intelligence

Campbell vs Deutsch: Ubiquitous Knowledge-Creation

Posted on October 29, 2020May 8, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

In the past I wrote about how one of my most important disagreements with David Deutsch is on the subject of what counts as knowledge…

Campbell’s Evolutionary Epistemology
Artificial Intelligence

Campbell’s Evolutionary Epistemology

Posted on October 22, 2020February 2, 2022 by Bruce Nielson

For an analysis of possible differences between Campbell’s theory and Deutsch’s see this post. In the 4S email group, there has been a lot of…

Disagreements with Deutsch
Critical Rationalism

Disagreements with Deutsch

Posted on August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

A long time ago I wrote an article called “Disagreements with Deutsch: The Afterlife.” It was a terrible article and, in my opinion, contains a…

Popper on Word Essentialism
Critical Rationalism

Popper on Word Essentialism

Posted on August 13, 2020August 15, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

Karl Popper had an interesting relationship with “defining terms.” On the one hand, he felt quite strongly that it was wrong to do so: I…

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…

Solving the Halting Problem Using Quantum Oracle Computers
Computation

Solving the Halting Problem Using Quantum Oracle Computers

Posted on June 1, 2020May 30, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

The following is an extended quote from Roger Penrose from Shadows of the Mind, p. 382-383: Though it indeed seems reasonable to rule out space-time…

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