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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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
2 жыл бұрын
Good! Happy customer
I am privileged to be one of 170000 human of our Planet that hear this Podcast.
What a breath of fresh air Naval. I’ve been dying to listen to some new content from you.
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
2 жыл бұрын
Your health is important too lol don't be an idiot
@nafisfuaddipto204
2 жыл бұрын
Me too, I am from Bangladesh
@DJcatamount
2 жыл бұрын
Yo same here. Let's all become tech billionaires
@vipulbhardwaj1312
2 жыл бұрын
haha exactly me bhai! want to connect?
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.
Pure gold. Great guest Naval!
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
3 ай бұрын
Is a curved line on a sphere a straight line?
Excited, gracias for this new content Naval
@0113Naruto
2 жыл бұрын
Pablo are you currently in China?
@PabloEscobar-cs9lu
2 жыл бұрын
@@0113Naruto Ill never step foot in China. Y u ask that
@0113Naruto
2 жыл бұрын
@@PabloEscobar-cs9lu G
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
2 жыл бұрын
Been meaning to read that one, love Bryan Johnsons concept of zeroth principles
@fredwinslow744
2 жыл бұрын
@@isaacbarber2795 I prefer him in AC/DC BUT preferred Bon Scott and his theory of infinite blackout black holes
So good! Thank you Naval! I just made a video about you walking through London! Hopefully, I can do more with this content!
Your *perspective* is sooo refreshing
This podcast will challenge everything you have comprehended about the world, irrespective of your age and demography.
@huddang3278
2 жыл бұрын
but who is he ?
@wishfulpolymath
2 жыл бұрын
Only if you can understand it.
@tool27
2 жыл бұрын
@@wishfulpolymath if you are ready to understand*
Last few minutes are pure gold.
Appreciate when people share this kind of information,very thankful
I haven’t read the book yet.. this is brilliant! Well done to you both
Thanks a Million, Naval. 🙏
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.
This is music to my ears and that's an understatement.
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.
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.
Not trivial read that's for sure, 20% in. Thanks for recommending great books and for the deep thoughts
This one is gold ! Thanks Naval for such an amazing podcast !!
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
AMAZING WORK
Happy Teacher’s Day sir 🙏🏽💐
Thanks for sharing
Deep mind people will appreciate it this podcast 🤙❤️
I could listen to this all day.
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.
You're a superstar 🤟🙏
This is on another level of thinking it’s way to advanced for me.
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
I've just started reading this book. It's mindblowing, I feel like I'm getting smarter with each page I'm reading.
@chrisdavey3113
Жыл бұрын
I feel like it exposes my inadequacies :p. But getting through it, along with tokcast to fully understand.
No kindle version available
This is my favorite Deutsch interview to date
Thanks Naval 😎
This one's gonna be good
hello my friend good speaker and thanks 🙏
This video made my day
Let's start
Great podcast
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
2 жыл бұрын
Are you a high school student ?
@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.
lets go!
This is a great episode, resonated with me and challenged most beliefs I've had in the past, thank you👏
Saw the wormhole paper thing coming from a mile away 31:00
This sounds like an enormously powerful book. Why haven't I heard of this before?
@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
Жыл бұрын
It’s incredibly hard to understand the concepts within. Brett does a great job explaining them over dozens of multi-hour videos
Ahaaaa!!! I do have the book (The beginning of infinity) thanks to Naval but FINALLY its Podcast :D Rainy Saturday morning here in Boston (:
Thank you for the content first heard about the beginning of infinity via Jason Silva and been mind blown by it 10 years later.
37:00 is blowing my mind
Solve Maths Make deep connection which are not supposed to be connected.❤️❤️❤️❤️
Innovation > Science. Breakthroughs and scientific approach/method a tool for Innovation
We want the video!
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!
Watching...
Brett Hall is criminally underappreciated, as are the importance of David Deutsch and his writings..
1:06:09 so stay optimistic.
4:11 nullius in verba
Can someone articulate the books they have given reference to in this video soo many ;p
Which book is he referring to at about 8:40?
@thatguy-dr3zc
2 жыл бұрын
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
@FutureStyles
2 жыл бұрын
@@thatguy-dr3zc thank you
Bookmark: 56:13
I fell asleep twice lol 3rd time to charm
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
2 жыл бұрын
yes that's it
@sorrowtooth5494
2 жыл бұрын
Brother. You're the one who makes it happen. Don't neglect it, build it up. Do it.
@galan.955
Жыл бұрын
How is it going brother
Hold on I'm grabbing my popcorn and snacks let's gooo
Bookmark 33:25
WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT TOM CAMPELL BIG TOE?
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??
Naval is a great name for some one who rose out of the San Fran docks
OMG Finally
STAY OPTIMISTIC!
The beginning is the end and the end is the beginning.
The search for "truth" and science maybe be like the illustration of naval and naval.
is multiverse theory testable and falsifiable? if not, how is that a good explanation by Naval's definition?
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
Basing fact in action is science
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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 💡
I had to watch some multiverse and time travel David Deutsch's old interviews and got back here and understands better!
Nullius in verba
27:00
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
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
It is depressingly unfortunate that "human progress" is more often about economic growth instead of personal and interpersonal happiness.
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?
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The begging good of knowldge
Naval is most precious diamond on the earth 🌍.
Feeling First with 5 others
53:47 someones read dark forest! Farmer vs marksmen theory yaaaaa
?????Woah????
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
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
2 жыл бұрын
@@jimihendrixx11 thank you brother. ❤️❤️❤️
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Im too stupid to understand wtf was just said. But I listen nonetheless.
35:08
32:36
I'm the 6th first lol
I would thank the technology to be able to listen these great minds.. ❤ Now I'm optimistic about the future
science doesn't tell you what's true, only what's false
First
The guest sounds a lot like IllimitableMan, anybody else recognize the voice?
@0113Naruto
2 жыл бұрын
Who? Brett Hall?
@felipe741
2 жыл бұрын
TellYourSonThis? That guy even has a voice?
@HarshSharma-dx1wi
2 жыл бұрын
He is Brett hall checkout his youtube channel
@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
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
Yo, first.
...uh, Cassandra was right..