The Beginning of Infinity, Part 1

Science Is the Engine That Pulls Humanity Forward 0:00
This Book Changed the Way I Think 2:13
Nullius in Verba 4:11
Explanations That Reach the Entire Universe 6:25
Read the Best 100 Books Over and Over Again 8:19
We’re at the Beginning of an Infinity of Knowledge 10:21
People Are a Force of Nature 12:18
It’s Impossible to Predict the Growth of Knowledge 14:36
Humans Are Unique in Our Ability to Understand Things 16:30
Good Explanations Are Acts of Creativity 17:36
Good Explanations Are Hard to Vary 19:15
There Is No End of Science 21:41
There Is No Settled Mathematics 23:48
The Methods of Mathematics Are Fallible 26:43
All Knowledge Is Conjectural 29:27
Is the Universe Discrete or Continuous? 32:36
Every Theory Is Held Inside a Physical Substrate 34:44
We Can’t Prove Most Theorems with Known Physics 36:27
Probability Is Subjective 38:03
Is Light a Particle or a Wave? 40:09
The Multiverse 43:28
We Explain the Seen in Terms of the Unseen 45:10
Science Expands Our Vision of Reality 46:36
Science Is an Error-Correcting Mechanism 48:08
Theories Are Explanations, Not Predictions 50:12
Make Bold Guesses and Weed Out the Failures 52:44
Science Advances One Funeral at a Time 54:56
It’s Rare to Have Competing, Viable, Scientific Theories 56:13
We’re All Equal in Our Infinite Ignorance 59:13
It’s Easy to Extrapolate How Things Will Get Worse 1:00:38
Pessimism Seems Like an Intellectually Serious Position 1:02:14
Rational Optimism Is the Way Out 1:04:11
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Transcript nav.al/infinity
This is Part 1 of my interview with @bretthall9080 about The Beginning of Infinity. Also see Part 2: • The Beginning of Infin...

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  • @isaacbarber2795
    @isaacbarber27952 жыл бұрын

    The timing of this in my life is spot on. I've been playing with these thoughts without really seeing the vantage point of what I've been looking for. Even reading snippets of this podcast still never added up, the first 5 mins of this video just clicked it all. When the students ready the teacher appears

  • @isaacbarber2795

    @isaacbarber2795

    2 жыл бұрын

    Good! Happy customer

  • @moaathalbukairy2532
    @moaathalbukairy2532Ай бұрын

    I am privileged to be one of 170000 human of our Planet that hear this Podcast.

  • @marklazaroindia
    @marklazaroindia2 жыл бұрын

    What a breath of fresh air Naval. I’ve been dying to listen to some new content from you.

  • @instaindian4559
    @instaindian45592 жыл бұрын

    Coming back to my favourite teacher at 3:50 am from India! Will go to sleep in the morning cause this podcast is really important than anything else in my life right now! 🙌😊

  • @vimalcurio

    @vimalcurio

    2 жыл бұрын

    Your health is important too lol don't be an idiot

  • @nafisfuaddipto204

    @nafisfuaddipto204

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too, I am from Bangladesh

  • @DJcatamount

    @DJcatamount

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yo same here. Let's all become tech billionaires

  • @vipulbhardwaj1312

    @vipulbhardwaj1312

    2 жыл бұрын

    haha exactly me bhai! want to connect?

  • @danieleugenewilliams
    @danieleugenewilliams2 жыл бұрын

    This discussion is amazing. It reminded me of Ray Kurzweil's accelerating rate of change where it's difficult for us to imagine how innovations in science and engineering will increase the speed of innovation/change and many of the dire predictions will likely be solved sooner than the doom and gloom event.

  • @betauser6233
    @betauser62332 жыл бұрын

    Pure gold. Great guest Naval!

  • @anashashim
    @anashashim2 жыл бұрын

    Great episode as usual. I'd love it if we can see the speakers in video too in the future, because the content is so deep and philosophical and usually listening to it while commuting doesn't bring the max value.

  • @searchwikipediafallacy5567

    @searchwikipediafallacy5567

    3 ай бұрын

    Is a curved line on a sphere a straight line?

  • @PabloEscobar-cs9lu
    @PabloEscobar-cs9lu2 жыл бұрын

    Excited, gracias for this new content Naval

  • @0113Naruto

    @0113Naruto

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pablo are you currently in China?

  • @PabloEscobar-cs9lu

    @PabloEscobar-cs9lu

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@0113Naruto Ill never step foot in China. Y u ask that

  • @0113Naruto

    @0113Naruto

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@PabloEscobar-cs9lu G

  • @Jeremy_Lending
    @Jeremy_Lending2 жыл бұрын

    This came in the most perfect time. Just finished reading “Zero. The biography of a Dangerous idea” (by Charles Seife) and it aligns with how Zero and the infinite has obstructed and changed every aspect of our lives, Mathematics, Philosophy, Aerospace, physics etc. Thank you again Naval for this brilliant content!

  • @isaacbarber2795

    @isaacbarber2795

    2 жыл бұрын

    Been meaning to read that one, love Bryan Johnsons concept of zeroth principles

  • @fredwinslow744

    @fredwinslow744

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@isaacbarber2795 I prefer him in AC/DC BUT preferred Bon Scott and his theory of infinite blackout black holes

  • @DanDraper
    @DanDraper2 жыл бұрын

    So good! Thank you Naval! I just made a video about you walking through London! Hopefully, I can do more with this content!

  • @hamen03soft
    @hamen03soft2 жыл бұрын

    Your *perspective* is sooo refreshing

  • @PM-st6vu
    @PM-st6vu2 жыл бұрын

    This podcast will challenge everything you have comprehended about the world, irrespective of your age and demography.

  • @huddang3278

    @huddang3278

    2 жыл бұрын

    but who is he ?

  • @wishfulpolymath

    @wishfulpolymath

    2 жыл бұрын

    Only if you can understand it.

  • @tool27

    @tool27

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@wishfulpolymath if you are ready to understand*

  • @ShivamKumar-kd1ww
    @ShivamKumar-kd1ww2 жыл бұрын

    Last few minutes are pure gold.

  • @dorokaiyinvil5705
    @dorokaiyinvil5705 Жыл бұрын

    Appreciate when people share this kind of information,very thankful

  • @BeConnectedwithCharles
    @BeConnectedwithCharles2 жыл бұрын

    I haven’t read the book yet.. this is brilliant! Well done to you both

  • @anastasiaaurelia7601
    @anastasiaaurelia76012 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a Million, Naval. 🙏

  • @jr8209
    @jr82092 жыл бұрын

    Brett is great. Surely David would have a long conversation with you as well? In a brief exchange about meditation with Sam Harris David had deep insights I've heard no where else. I'm sure you'd bring similar awesome stuff out of him too.

  • @ghostc1pher
    @ghostc1pher22 күн бұрын

    This is music to my ears and that's an understatement.

  • @brogcooper25
    @brogcooper252 жыл бұрын

    It also took me until my second reading before this book clicked, but I now consider it the single most transformative book I've ever read. And I also started with a love if science but doubted if I had the chops to be a physicist and instead went into engineering. I still have the passion for deeper physics though.

  • @bluegiant13
    @bluegiant136 ай бұрын

    I remember reading Godel, Escher and Bach in my early twenties and that as someone with a very low level education. It took me a month to get through 40 pages and I was obsessed with the Mu puzzle. In the end it did make me end up becoming smarter since I could also read simple math logic and set theory symbols and understand them. I've had dozens of book in my bookshelf and when I moved out of my parents house GEB is the only book I took with me, I still have it and hopefully I wil finish it in my lifetime.

  • @stephaneremigereau4445
    @stephaneremigereau44452 жыл бұрын

    Not trivial read that's for sure, 20% in. Thanks for recommending great books and for the deep thoughts

  • @RajkumarDarbar
    @RajkumarDarbar2 жыл бұрын

    This one is gold ! Thanks Naval for such an amazing podcast !!

  • @svono_svono_music
    @svono_svono_music Жыл бұрын

    Truly amazing video. I am grateful that I am subscribed naval. This particular podcast is a masterpiece, and that outro line was truly great. Additionally, I will definitely read this book. It will probably also enhance my university studies

  • @dothex4919
    @dothex4919 Жыл бұрын

    AMAZING WORK

  • @vaibhavshugel
    @vaibhavshugel2 жыл бұрын

    Happy Teacher’s Day sir 🙏🏽💐

  • @aminemaamir5287
    @aminemaamir52872 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing

  • @blwbisht
    @blwbisht2 жыл бұрын

    Deep mind people will appreciate it this podcast 🤙❤️

  • @BrunoPadilhaBlog
    @BrunoPadilhaBlog Жыл бұрын

    I could listen to this all day.

  • @benjaminjeffery6873
    @benjaminjeffery6873 Жыл бұрын

    Never delete this! This is the perfect introduction to Karl Popper / David Deutsch - critical rationalism / pro humanism. Naval and Brett really need to get onto joe Rogan together and get the ideas of The Beginning of Infinity to global audience.

  • @CC-md5jp
    @CC-md5jp2 жыл бұрын

    You're a superstar 🤟🙏

  • @manikdesign
    @manikdesign2 жыл бұрын

    This is on another level of thinking it’s way to advanced for me.

  • @jasmindjerzic8792
    @jasmindjerzic87922 жыл бұрын

    I love your thinking and the words you choose to communicate. I think you forget arts when Talking about what drives us Forward. It arts and science IMO. It's our left and right Brain that is Moving us Forward

  • @thequantartist
    @thequantartist Жыл бұрын

    I've just started reading this book. It's mindblowing, I feel like I'm getting smarter with each page I'm reading.

  • @chrisdavey3113

    @chrisdavey3113

    Жыл бұрын

    I feel like it exposes my inadequacies :p. But getting through it, along with tokcast to fully understand.

  • @raxlyy6416
    @raxlyy64162 жыл бұрын

    No kindle version available

  • @RobotProctor
    @RobotProctor4 ай бұрын

    This is my favorite Deutsch interview to date

  • @mukeshkumar2265
    @mukeshkumar22652 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Naval 😎

  • @prithviye
    @prithviye2 жыл бұрын

    This one's gonna be good

  • @vit_asics
    @vit_asics2 жыл бұрын

    hello my friend good speaker and thanks 🙏

  • @jatavanvaheesan4803
    @jatavanvaheesan480323 күн бұрын

    This video made my day

  • @AstroRoxy
    @AstroRoxy2 жыл бұрын

    Let's start

  • @ad.finance
    @ad.finance2 жыл бұрын

    Great podcast

  • @RahulJain-uo5ol
    @RahulJain-uo5ol2 жыл бұрын

    Naval is THE Entrepreneur/Business person I was desperately looking for to follow. I hope more commerce/economics enthusiasts follow him & realise that " Science is the engine of prosperity " no matter how much you defend your own stream. People, specially high school kids in India are very arrogant & ignorant. They just don't admit that they are taking the easier way out by choosing easier streams ( commerce, arts , civil services etc. ) Over Engineering/Medical/Physics/Mathematics/Biology. You will often hear them giving stupid arguments like " what good is finding integrals & trigonometric values gonna do to my life " ? Like wtf ? Do you even understand what SCIENCE actually is ? Thanks ( I'm an aspiring physicist/ well-rounded engineer ) Other streams are just wheels ( important ), BUT SCIENCE IS THE ENGINE OF PROSPERITY ( most important & impactful )

  • @henrylai7289

    @henrylai7289

    2 жыл бұрын

    Are you a high school student ?

  • @YashGupta-rf3hd

    @YashGupta-rf3hd

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree with much of your saying, however , you can't say that commerce or arts or any other discipline is easy or hard.If it that were easy every other student would have emerged genius out of these field.every other finance guy would understand when will a particular price of stock go up?or everybody would have UNDERSTOOD how balance sheet works and what it states. Saying one field is easier than another is pointless. that is what I am trying to point out.Even accountancy, economics are another form of science or art.

  • @spiritualohgeesy2028
    @spiritualohgeesy20282 жыл бұрын

    lets go!

  • @isaacokiki5211
    @isaacokiki5211 Жыл бұрын

    This is a great episode, resonated with me and challenged most beliefs I've had in the past, thank you👏

  • @chadify007
    @chadify007 Жыл бұрын

    Saw the wormhole paper thing coming from a mile away 31:00

  • @MrRT1010
    @MrRT1010 Жыл бұрын

    This sounds like an enormously powerful book. Why haven't I heard of this before?

  • @chrisdavey3113

    @chrisdavey3113

    Жыл бұрын

    Because it is not an easy read. And therefore is not a best seller. People are looking for 8 steps to a happy life... Not this is the scientific reason for optimism.

  • @majorhuman

    @majorhuman

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s incredibly hard to understand the concepts within. Brett does a great job explaining them over dozens of multi-hour videos

  • @rkr894able
    @rkr894able2 жыл бұрын

    Ahaaaa!!! I do have the book (The beginning of infinity) thanks to Naval but FINALLY its Podcast :D Rainy Saturday morning here in Boston (:

  • @hiatuz3512
    @hiatuz35122 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the content first heard about the beginning of infinity via Jason Silva and been mind blown by it 10 years later.

  • @BlockDesignz
    @BlockDesignz Жыл бұрын

    37:00 is blowing my mind

  • @Nitin-_-_-_-_-_-_-00971
    @Nitin-_-_-_-_-_-_-009712 жыл бұрын

    Solve Maths Make deep connection which are not supposed to be connected.❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @jimihendrixx11
    @jimihendrixx112 жыл бұрын

    Innovation > Science. Breakthroughs and scientific approach/method a tool for Innovation

  • @Shaunster1995
    @Shaunster19952 жыл бұрын

    We want the video!

  • @cascaderetriever7618
    @cascaderetriever76182 жыл бұрын

    Tech is tricky. For example old homes had woodstoves for heating. Now homes have minisplits. In winter one tree will fall and homes loss power for days. No mini split heat… pipes freeze and house is ruined!

  • @demohub
    @demohub2 жыл бұрын

    Watching...

  • @Lance_Lough
    @Lance_Lough2 жыл бұрын

    Brett Hall is criminally underappreciated, as are the importance of David Deutsch and his writings..

  • @prajwal_puruvan.
    @prajwal_puruvan.2 жыл бұрын

    1:06:09 so stay optimistic.

  • @prayaanshmehta3200
    @prayaanshmehta32008 ай бұрын

    4:11 nullius in verba

  • @Jediluvs2kill
    @Jediluvs2kill2 жыл бұрын

    Can someone articulate the books they have given reference to in this video soo many ;p

  • @rpranav21
    @rpranav212 жыл бұрын

    Which book is he referring to at about 8:40?

  • @thatguy-dr3zc

    @thatguy-dr3zc

    2 жыл бұрын

    Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

  • @FutureStyles

    @FutureStyles

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@thatguy-dr3zc thank you

  • @Henry32768
    @Henry327684 ай бұрын

    Bookmark: 56:13

  • @MIAtown09
    @MIAtown092 жыл бұрын

    I fell asleep twice lol 3rd time to charm

  • @QuantumPhysics4u
    @QuantumPhysics4u2 жыл бұрын

    Decided yesterday that I was going to properly commit to making the business I've been thinking about for the last 18 months. Was going to call it Infinity... I wonder if this is one of those signs...

  • @gratefulFabi

    @gratefulFabi

    2 жыл бұрын

    yes that's it

  • @sorrowtooth5494

    @sorrowtooth5494

    2 жыл бұрын

    Brother. You're the one who makes it happen. Don't neglect it, build it up. Do it.

  • @galan.955

    @galan.955

    Жыл бұрын

    How is it going brother

  • @DJcatamount
    @DJcatamount2 жыл бұрын

    Hold on I'm grabbing my popcorn and snacks let's gooo

  • @raj180380
    @raj1803802 жыл бұрын

    Bookmark 33:25

  • @yosivin1
    @yosivin1 Жыл бұрын

    WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT TOM CAMPELL BIG TOE?

  • @ggrthemostgodless8713
    @ggrthemostgodless87132 жыл бұрын

    With the title, I really thought they would have a theory of when or where infinity begins, which is something I have wondered forever, well, at least all my adult life, I read a book titled "Zero, the nothing that is" and I was hooked on infinity. The church really freaked out about zero and infinity, and Feyman just ignored it and collapsed his equations!! Is it just a CONCEPT that is not real??

  • @undergroundawareness5674
    @undergroundawareness56742 жыл бұрын

    Naval is a great name for some one who rose out of the San Fran docks

  • @DJMightyFresh
    @DJMightyFresh2 жыл бұрын

    OMG Finally

  • @BOBSMITHH
    @BOBSMITHH2 жыл бұрын

    STAY OPTIMISTIC!

  • @hamronepal6313
    @hamronepal63132 жыл бұрын

    The beginning is the end and the end is the beginning.

  • @ignacio3092
    @ignacio3092 Жыл бұрын

    The search for "truth" and science maybe be like the illustration of naval and naval.

  • @Spencer-to9gu
    @Spencer-to9gu2 жыл бұрын

    is multiverse theory testable and falsifiable? if not, how is that a good explanation by Naval's definition?

  • @showmemojo4784
    @showmemojo4784 Жыл бұрын

    I've only read 3 books in my life I tell you that Waldo never know where he's pop up next we didn't have the last 2 books tho

  • @noahmandewe9774
    @noahmandewe9774 Жыл бұрын

    Basing fact in action is science

  • @dhruvsolanki4473
    @dhruvsolanki447317 күн бұрын

  • @BYCWY
    @BYCWY2 жыл бұрын

    You can do anything in life , like earn a billion dollars because if it was not possible it would be a law of physics, what an idea 💡

  • @lafertd
    @lafertd Жыл бұрын

    I had to watch some multiverse and time travel David Deutsch's old interviews and got back here and understands better!

  • @vishalnangare31
    @vishalnangare312 жыл бұрын

    Nullius in verba

  • @pavansomwanshi4914
    @pavansomwanshi49142 жыл бұрын

    27:00

  • @stuffylamb3420
    @stuffylamb34202 жыл бұрын

    14:40 - I hate this mindset so much, it leads to gross behavior. Humans ARE special. All life is special. Obv don't get too egocentric with this, but it's unhealthy to think humans are "nothing special".

  • @jonysingh6272

    @jonysingh6272

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yet some people use it to remind themselves that there gonna die sooner or later and they become either nihilistic or they put thing in perspective

  • @CliffSedge-nu5fv
    @CliffSedge-nu5fv5 ай бұрын

    It is depressingly unfortunate that "human progress" is more often about economic growth instead of personal and interpersonal happiness.

  • @00954106
    @009541062 жыл бұрын

    What is life time? How are we trading life time for money? How do we spend life time as well as money? What is progress? What is not progress? If mathematics can be not truth, humans live a short life. What is most likely the truth? Who decides? Who is most likely to commit wrong? What is wrong really?

  • @GoldenEraZen
    @GoldenEraZen2 жыл бұрын

    ❤🙏

  • @user-tz2in8xq8h
    @user-tz2in8xq8h6 ай бұрын

    The begging good of knowldge

  • @perpetuallearner8257
    @perpetuallearner8257 Жыл бұрын

    Naval is most precious diamond on the earth 🌍.

  • @kevinmitnick1301
    @kevinmitnick13012 жыл бұрын

    Feeling First with 5 others

  • @ben.p
    @ben.p2 жыл бұрын

    53:47 someones read dark forest! Farmer vs marksmen theory yaaaaa

  • @undergroundawareness5674
    @undergroundawareness56742 жыл бұрын

    ?????Woah????

  • @sakibul3602
    @sakibul36022 жыл бұрын

    Can anyone help me with game theories. Actually I Don't have any idea about game theories I even searched in google. But I am not sure which one to understand or which one is real. So can anyone help me with what is game theories and where to learn them from

  • @jimihendrixx11

    @jimihendrixx11

    2 жыл бұрын

    Prisoners dilemma- if choices are limited which choice does one make if the decision or choice you make means that you win a little more and the other guy loses a little. Or you both get a better outcome. Try look up evolutionary stable strategies

  • @sakibul3602

    @sakibul3602

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jimihendrixx11 thank you brother. ❤️❤️❤️

  • @lordbaiter6997
    @lordbaiter69972 жыл бұрын

    🤔

  • @Crivoh
    @Crivoh2 жыл бұрын

    Im too stupid to understand wtf was just said. But I listen nonetheless.

  • @ryanshafin4804
    @ryanshafin48042 жыл бұрын

    35:08

  • @Shivamg415
    @Shivamg4152 жыл бұрын

    32:36

  • @DannyGu33
    @DannyGu332 жыл бұрын

    I'm the 6th first lol

  • @stardusthale2751
    @stardusthale27512 жыл бұрын

    I would thank the technology to be able to listen these great minds.. ❤ Now I'm optimistic about the future

  • @Spencer-to9gu
    @Spencer-to9gu2 жыл бұрын

    science doesn't tell you what's true, only what's false

  • @rishab671
    @rishab6712 жыл бұрын

    First

  • @kamalarif1018
    @kamalarif10182 жыл бұрын

    The guest sounds a lot like IllimitableMan, anybody else recognize the voice?

  • @0113Naruto

    @0113Naruto

    2 жыл бұрын

    Who? Brett Hall?

  • @felipe741

    @felipe741

    2 жыл бұрын

    TellYourSonThis? That guy even has a voice?

  • @HarshSharma-dx1wi

    @HarshSharma-dx1wi

    2 жыл бұрын

    He is Brett hall checkout his youtube channel

  • @felipe741

    @felipe741

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@HarshSharma-dx1wi you mean the Twitter account (IllimitableMan / TellYourSonThis) is Brett Hall? How come nobody has ever mentioned it on Twitter?

  • @HarshSharma-dx1wi

    @HarshSharma-dx1wi

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@felipe741 no Brett hall is different person he create podcast where he discuss David duetch's book the beginning of infinity and his other work I was asking to checkout that

  • @Gukzilla
    @Gukzilla2 жыл бұрын

    Yo, first.

  • @Lance_Lough
    @Lance_Lough2 жыл бұрын

    ...uh, Cassandra was right..