Naval

On Twitter at @naval. 111 Episodes

We Are Qualitatively Different From Other Species ・25.10.2021

There is no continuum between humans and chimpanzees

Humans Are Exceptional ・22.10.2021

Humans aren’t just a form of bacteria that overran the planet

Genetic Evolution Was a Prelude to Mimetic Evolution ・20.10.2021

Ideas undergo the same evolutionary process as genes

There Can Be No Final Theory of Gravity ・18.10.2021

All we have is better and better approximations to reality

No Truth Can Be Justified ・15.10.2021

‘Knowledge’ is just our best guess at the time

With a Good Theory of Knowledge, You Can Decide What Else Is True ・08.10.2021

David Deutsch’s theory is centered around good explanations

The Beginning of Infinity ・02.07.2021

A collection of all our episodes on The Beginning of Infinity

Rational Optimism Is the Way Out ・24.05.2021

Pessimism is self-fulfilling

Pessimism Seems Like an Intellectually Serious Position ・17.05.2021

We’ve innovated our way out of previous traps

It’s Easy to Extrapolate How Things Will Get Worse ・14.05.2021

It’s harder to guess how life might improve

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