Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2023-03-23
Books mentioned on #662: David Deutsch and Naval Ravikant — The Fabric of Reality, The Importance of Disobedience, The Inevitability of Artificial General Intelligence, Finding Good Problems, Redefining Wealth, Foundations of True Knowledge, Harnessing Optimism, Quantum Computing, and More
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Tim Ferriss discussed The beginning of infinity and The Fabric of Reality by David Deutsch. Naval Ravikant recommended The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper and The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl Raimund Popper.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The beginning of infinity
The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch is a wide-ranging work of non-fiction that explores scientific progress, human knowledge, and the concept that problems are inherently solvable without limit.
Discussed“The Beginning of Infinity and The Fabric of Reality. When you and I were chatting earlier today, you mentioned that you've largely read and reread these books over the last several years.”
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The Fabric of Reality
The Fabric of Reality by David Deutsch is a seminal work of popular science and philosophy that explores four foundational strands of thought: quantum physics, epistemology, computation, and evolution.
Discussed“The Beginning of Infinity and The Fabric of Reality. When you and I were chatting earlier today, you mentioned that you've largely read and reread these books over the last several years.”
Where to get it
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The Open Society and Its Enemies
The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper is a monumental post-World War II philosophical critique of totalitarianism that explores the historical roots of closed societies and defends the principles of liberal democracy.
Recommended“The Open Society and Its Enemies, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, etc. etc.”
Where to get it
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The Logic of Scientific Discovery
The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl Raimund Popper is a foundational work in the philosophy of science that investigates the demarcation between science and pseudoscience through the principle of falsifiability.
Recommended“The Open Society and Its Enemies, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, etc. etc.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I recommended it long ago in my 2010 number one New York Times best-seller, The 4-Hour Body, and I did not get paid to do so.”
“He is the author of The Fabric of Reality and The Beginning of Infinity and he is an advocate of the philosophy of Karl Popper.”
“He is the author of The Fabric of Reality and The Beginning of Infinity and he is an advocate of the philosophy of Karl Popper.”
“I recommended it long ago in my 2010 number one New York Times bestseller, The 4-Hour Body, and I did not get paid to do so.”