05 Knowledge in Computer Programs

Published: May 18, 2019, 2:44 a.m.

This episode relies heavily on video components, so you\u2019ll want to watch it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHR6roiZjQ8\n\nApologies for the audio quality in this episode; it varies and cuts out sometimes.\n\nReferences\n\n- David Deutsch, \u201cThe Beginning of Infinity\u201d chapter 10, \u201cA Dream of Socrates\u201d\n- Stephen Hawking, \u201cA Brief History of Time\u201d\n- David Deutsch, \u201cThe Beginning of Infinity\u201d chapter 7, \u201cArtificial Creativity\u201d\n- David Deutsch, \u201cThe Fabric of Reality\u201d chapter 6, \u201cUniversality and the Limits of Computation\u201d\n\nFurther reading\n\n- QuickCheck: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/QuickCheck\n- \u201cTurtles all the way down\u201d concept: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down\n- \u201cWhy is the Quantum so Strange?\u201d - interview with David explaining computation (among other things): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MckuBQC6gKU\n- The Clojure programming language: https://clojure.org/\n\nIf you have any questions or comments, please leave them here or tweet at me: https://twitter.com/dchackethal