Lulie and David are joined by guest Mark Alexander, the Producer of Art of Accomplishment's Great Decisions course, to do a deeper dive into how decisions are made.They discuss having competing wants, Popperian problem-solving, the difference

#4 - Decisions

Jan 3rd, 2024 54m 19s

Lulie and David chat about decision making. They discuss the roles of creativity, institutions and emotions in decision making, and the misconception that decisions are made by analysing data. The conversation explores how decision making isn'

#3 - Inexplicit Ideas & Embodiment

Jun 3rd, 2023 1h 16m

Lulie asks David Deutsch more about inexplicit ideas, what it means to be an inexplicit idea, and the nature of internal language. They also debate whether cognition is embodied.This is very much an 'into the jungle' episode, where neither of

#2 - Physics of Inexplicit Ideas

May 23rd, 2023 1h 11m

Lulie asks David Deutsch about how he came to the concept of 'inexplicit ideas' (knowledge that isn't in words), and it became a conversation about how inexplicit knowledge relates to quantum physics.TWITTERDavid Deutsch: https://twitter.co

#1 - Fun, Fury, Feeling

May 6th, 2023 1h 12m

Lulie asks David Deutsch probing questions about the 'fun criterion', and they explore why it's necessary for rational thought.They also discuss:- Difference between mindless fun and fun-criterion 'fun'- What about conflicts between explic

#0 - Effective Altruism, X-risk, (e/acc)

Apr 22nd, 2023 1h 40m

Lulie asks physicist David Deutsch about the epistemology of Effective Altruism, how to make progress given the unpredictability of knowledge, and whether we should be concerned about existential risk. In the second half, she asks about Effec

#-1 - AGI (with David Deutsch)

Apr 8th, 2023 1h 1m

Lulie asks physicist David Deutsch about his disagreements with the prevailing view on artificial general intelligence and modern AI. They discuss:• epistemology• how AI differs from AGI• limits of LLMs• why the Turing Test is not a test.

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