"Is the human race a universal constructor?" — David Deutsch
"Is the human race a universal constructor?"
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28 Quotes by David Deutsch
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- The quantum theory of parallel universes is not the problem, it is the solution. It is not some troublesome, optional…
- Like every other destruction of optimism, whether in a whole civilisation or in a single individual, these must have been…
- The whole [scientific] process resembles biological evolution. A problem is like an ecological niche, and a theory is like a…
- Feeling insignificant because the universe is large has exactly the same logic as feeling inadequate for not being a cow.
- Base metals can be transmuted into gold by stars, and by intelligent beings who understand the processes that power stars,…
- It is possible to build a virtual-reality generator whose repertoire includes every possible environment.
- Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense.
- Humans may or may not have cosmic significance, and if they do, it will be by hitching a ride on…
- If you can’t program it, you haven’t understood it.
- Despite the unrivaled empirical success of quantum theory, the very suggestion that it may be literally true as a description…
- Discovering a new explanation is inherently an act of creativity.
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