What is a human? In The Beginning of Infinity, David Deutsch describes one not as a walking animal with legs, arms, and a head but rather as something abstract — a universal explainer. It doesn't really matter how a human's explanations rise to the surface or whether they bubble up in silicon, flesh, or something else. It does matter, though, that humans create conjectures (ideas, guesses, stabs in the dark) that try to explain the world around them, which, in turn, get refined into new ideas. This unique loop of creating explanations, subjecting them to criticism, and picking up the remains to create the next round of ideas
Infinite Humanity
Infinite Humanity
Infinite Humanity
What is a human? In The Beginning of Infinity, David Deutsch describes one not as a walking animal with legs, arms, and a head but rather as something abstract — a universal explainer. It doesn't really matter how a human's explanations rise to the surface or whether they bubble up in silicon, flesh, or something else. It does matter, though, that humans create conjectures (ideas, guesses, stabs in the dark) that try to explain the world around them, which, in turn, get refined into new ideas. This unique loop of creating explanations, subjecting them to criticism, and picking up the remains to create the next round of ideas