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The purpose of this list is to consider the nature of the fabric of reality. How much can our deepest theories of the world -- including quantum physics and the theories of evolution, computation and knowledge -- explain? Do they point the way to "a unified theory of everything", as David Deutsch argues in his first book? Is quantum theory literally true, as the many worlds view (and most thinking in the field of quantum cosmology and of quantum computation) assumes? Is the human race "...just a chemical scum on a moderate-sized planet, orbiting round a very average star in the outer suburb of one among a hundred billion galaxies", as Stephen Hawking asserts? What are the implications of quantum theory for the understanding of the significance of knowledge? Is certainty possible in mathematics? Where does free will fit in the picture painted by quantum theory? What is the scope of virtual reality? What are the implications of the nature of the fabric of reality for everyday life?

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Re: Closer To Truth interview
... That sentence means that we are to consider 10^23 instances of a sample of, say, a gas, each of which would occupy 22.4 litres at standard temperature and
Posted - Mon May 20, 2013 10:40 am
David Deutsch
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There's has been some media chatter over the last week about Google's purchase of a "quantum computer". "Google buys...quantum computer"
Posted - Mon May 20, 2013 7:14 am
Brett Hall
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Re: Closer To Truth interview
... DD...I'm finding it hard to understand what you are saying in terms of what I am saying. I think it would help (me) if you answered my first question.
Posted - Fri May 17, 2013 5:33 pm
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Re: Closer To Truth interview
... As tBoI explains, nothing genuinely random (does this mean 'uncaused'?) happens in the multiverse. Everything that happens, happens in accordance with the
Posted - Thu May 16, 2013 7:42 am
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Re: Closer To Truth interview
... Does that mean "you need conscious decisions for multiverse histories to be conscious of..." If so, then yes: consciousness can't exist at all in the
Posted - Wed May 15, 2013 9:35 pm
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