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David Wolpert on the Monotheism Theorem, Penrose, Consciousness, Free Will, and Uncaused Causation

David Wolpert on the Monotheism Theorem, Penrose, Consciousness, Free Will, and Uncaused Causation

FromTheories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal


David Wolpert on the Monotheism Theorem, Penrose, Consciousness, Free Will, and Uncaused Causation

FromTheories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

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108 minutes
Released:
Mar 10, 2022
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-Part 1 with David Wolpert: https://youtu.be/qj_YUxg-qtY

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:04:21 No Go Theorem regarding the existence of Laplace's Demon
00:08:06 Limits on Inference Devices
00:16:40 The Monotheism Theorem
00:21:05 Gaining wisdom from dogs
00:21:34 The Monotheism Theorem (explained in detail)
00:29:49 Norton's Dome (Newtonian mechanics is NOT deterministic)
00:35:06 What is an "observer"? An inference device!
00:39:48 Prediction vs Memory
00:42:45 No Free Lunch and Inference Devices
00:47:22 Opinions on Donald Hoffman
00:48:34 Church Turing thesis (a theorem or definition?)
00:50:46 Thoughts on Donald Hoffman again
00:53:24 The most profound results in philosophy are from algorithmic information theory
00:57:27 Busy beaver function
01:02:27 [Chris Langan] On the definition of "observer" being teleological
01:03:42 [Chris Langan] Mind and Matter / Dualism / Chalmers / Penrose
01:08:50 [Prof. Karl Friston] Non-equilibrium Steady States are consequences of what?
01:12:05 [Prof. Anil Seth] Consciousness is substrate independent? Free Will?
01:18:59 Wolpert doesn't like the debate over definitions
01:31:14 [Prof. Kevin Knuth] Remarks on what life is
01:38:04 [Prof. Edward Lee] Why are people offended by uncaused cause?
01:43:54 [Sam Thompson] Sociopolitical implications of the inference theorems
01:45:04 [Chris Langan] On modifying physicalism

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Released:
Mar 10, 2022
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Exploring theoretical physics, consciousness, free will, and God. If you'd like to support this podcast, then visit the Patreon (https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal). Thank you for your charitable and kind hearted support. My name is Curt Jaimungal, a Torontonian filmmaker making a documentary on the above topics (as for what shape the final settled project will take, I'm unsure). During the exploratory phase, there will be a plethora of interviews / conversations with intellectuals placed on this channel -- approximately un-edited.