Naval
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It's Mind Blowing That Our Minds Can't Be Blown
Transcript: http://nav.al/mind-blowing
More Compute Power Doesn't Produce AGI
Transcript: http://nav.al/agi
We Are Qualitatively Different From Other Species
Transcript http://nav.al/species
Humans Are Exceptional
Transcript http://nav.al/exceptional
Genetic Evolution Was a Prelude to Memetic Evolution
Transcript http://nav.al/evolution
There Can Be No Final Theory of Gravity
Transcript http://nav.al/gravity
No Truth Can Be Justified
Transcript http://nav.al/justified
With a Good Theory of Knowledge, You Can Decide What Else Is True
Transcript http://nav.al/theory
The Beginning of Infinity, Part 1
Transcript http://nav.al/infinity
Rational Optimism Is the Way Out
Transcript http://nav.al/optimism
Pessimism Seems Like an Intellectually Serious Position
Transcript http://nav.al/pessimism
It's Easy to Extrapolate How Things Will Get Worse
Transcript http://nav.al/extrapolate
We're All Equal in Our Infinite Ignorance
Transcript http://nav.al/ignorance
It's Rare to Have Competing, Viable, Scientific Theories
Transcript http://nav.al/theories
Science Advances One Funeral at a Time
Transcript http://nav.al/advances
Make Bold Guesses and Weed Out Failures
Transcript http://nav.al/failures
Theories Are Explanations, Not Predictions
Transcript http://nav.al/predictions
Science Is an Error-Correcting Mechanism
Transcript http://nav.al/error
Science Broadens Our Vision of Reality
Transcript http://nav.al/broaden
We Explain the Seen in Terms of the Unseen
Transcript http://nav.al/observed
The Multiverse
Transcript http://nav.al/multiverse
Is Light a Particle or a Wave?
Transcript http://nav.al/light
Probability Is Subjective
Transcript http://nav.al/probability
We Can't Prove Most Theorems with Known Physics
Transcript http://nav.al/prove
Every Mathematical Theory Is Held Inside a Physical Substrate
Transcript http://nav.al/substrate
Is the Universe Discrete or Continuous?
Transcript http://nav.al/discrete
All Knowledge Is Conjectural
Transcript: http://nav.al/conjectural
The Methods of Mathematics Are Fallible
Transcript: http://nav.al/methods
There Is No Settled Mathematics
Transcript: http://nav.al/settled
There Is No End of Science
Transcript: http://nav.al/end
Good Explanations Are Hard to Vary
Transcript: http://nav.al/vary
Good Explanations Are Acts of Creativity
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Humans Are Unique in Our Ability to Understand Things
Transcript: http://nav.al/understand Sponsor: http://www.eightsleep.com/infinity
It's Impossible to Predict the Future Growth of Knowledge
Transcript: http://nav.al/predict Sponsor: http://www.eightsleep.com/infinity
People Are a Force of Nature
Transcript: http://nav.al/people Sponsor: http://www.eightsleep.com/infinity
We're at the Beginning of an Infinity of Knowledge
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Happiness
Transcript: https://nav.al/happiness
Read the Best 100 Books Over and Over Again
Transcript: https://nav.al/read
We Can Have Explanations That Reach the Entire Universe
Transcript: https://nav.al/reach
Nullius in Verba
Transcript: https://nav.al/nullius-2
This Book Changed the Way I Think
Transcript: http://nav.al/think
Science Is the Engine That Pulls Humanity Forward
Transcript: https://nav.al/science-2
Matt Ridley: How Innovation Works, Part 2
Transcript: http://nav.al/matt-ridley-2
Matt Ridley: How Innovation Works, Part 1
Transcript: http://nav.al/matt-ridley
How to Angel Invest, Part 2
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The Path to Peace Is Truth
Discovering the truth can change you where self-improvement fails. Transcript: http://nav.al/truth
Groups Search for Consensus, Individuals Search for Truth
Even smart people go along with society's lies. Transcript: http://nav.al/consensus
The Closer You Are to the Truth, the More Silent You Become Inside
Wise people are quiet Transcript: http://nav.al/silent
Happiness Is Peace in Motion
Transcript: http://nav.al/peace-motion
Finding Peace from Mind
The mind should be a servant, not a master. Transcript: http://nav.al/peace