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David Deutsch • The Beginning of Infinity – Explanations that Transform the World
According to the traditional conception of the universe, objects move on well-defined paths and have definite histories. We can specify their precise position at each moment in time. Although that account is successful enough for everyday purposes, it was found in the 1920s that this “classical” picture could not account for the seemingly bizarre b
... See moreLeonard Mlodinow • The Grand Design
The better methods—reason and evidence—are cultural artifacts too, but they are undeniably effective at winnowing out statements that accurately describe and predict what is occurring out there, both physically and socially. We need to reject the postmodern knowledge principle by seeing it for what it is—a language game—and reinstate the general un
... See moreHelen Pluckrose • Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody
theoretical physics
Prashanth Narayan • 1 card
Nassim Nicholas Taleb • Incerto 4-Book Bundle
The entropy of the universe only increases with time. One of the impacts of this law is that we need to expend energy to create order. Without the deployment of energy, all things move away from order.
Shane Parrish • The Great Mental Models Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry and Biology
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My learnings
The importance of curiosity: Richard Feynman emphasizes the value of curiosity and questioning the world around us. He believes that asking why is essential to understanding how things work.
The need for a framework: Feynman suggests that to explain why something happens, we need to have a framework that allows us to... See more
firewalker • Richard Feynman. Why.
How to Understand the Universe And Yourself with Neil deGrasse Tyson
youtube.comThe Murder of Professor Schlick: The Rise and Fall of the Vienna Circle
