David Deutsch: Modern Academia Would Fail Einstein

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As a listener of TOE you can get a special 20% off discount to The Economist and all it has to offer! Visit https://www.economist.com/toe Get 50% off Claude Pro, including access to Claude Code, at http://claude.ai/theoriesofeverything Physicist David Deutsch explains why Einstein couldn't get funding today, how grant systems bias against fundamental research, and why quantum computing required Everettian thinking. He discusses constructor theory, the nature of free will, his meeting with Hugh Everett, and why creativity brings genuinely new knowledge into existence. Join My New Substack (Personal Writings): https://curtjaimungal.substack.com Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e Timestamps: - 00:00 - Einstein's Grant Application - 07:00 - Funding People, Not Projects - 12:35 - Is Physics Stagnant? - 17:34 - The "Checkbox" Problem - 26:05 - Physics vs. Math Departments - 32:42 - Fundamental vs. Foundational - 40:08 - Physicists and Philosophy - 45:44 - Why Academics Are Silent - 51:20 - The Problem of Quantum Gravity - 58:31 - Qubit Field Theory - 1:03:18 - Problem-Solving in Physics - 1:17:14 - Deutsch's "Impossible" List - 1:24:23 - Meeting Hugh Everett - 1:35:01 - Susskind's MWI Objections - 1:46:44 - Everett and Quantum Computing - 1:56:20 - Constructor Theory - 2:03:01 - Free Will and Knowledge - 2:09:08 - Follow The Fun Links Mentioned: - Beginning Of Infinity [Book]: https://amazon.com/dp/0143121359?tag=toe08-20 - How To Reverse Academia’s Stagnation [YouTube]: https://youtu.be/Em-85baHx0A - Qubit Field Theory [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/pdf/quant-ph/0401024 - Quantum Theory, The Church–Turing Principle And The Universal Quantum Computer [Paper]: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspa.1985.0070 - ArXiv: https://arxiv.org/ - Scott Aaronson [TOE]: https://youtu.be/1ZpGCQoL2Rk - Wayne Myrvold [TOE]: https://youtu.be/HIoviZe14pY - Neil Turok [TOE]: https://youtu.be/zNZCa1pVE20 - String Theory Iceberg [TOE]: https://youtu.be/X4PdPnQuwjY - Alex Honnold [TOE]: https://youtu.be/D4oXvxqzSyA - Michael Levin Λ Anna Ciaunica: https://youtu.be/2aLhkm6QUgA - Stephen Wolfram [TOE]: https://youtu.be/FkYer0xP37E - The Heisenberg Picture: https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry_Textbook_Maps/Advanced_Statistical_Mechanics_(Tuckerman)/09%3A_Review_of_the_basic_postulates_of_quantum_mechanics/9.04%3A_The_Heisenberg_Picture - Jacob Barandes Λ Emily Adlam: https://youtu.be/rw1ewLJUgOg - Everett’s Letter To DeWitt: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/manyworlds/orig-02.html - The Many-Worlds Interpretation Of Quantum Mechanics [Book]: https://amazon.com/dp/069161895X?tag=toe08-20 - Leonard Susskind [TOE]: https://youtu.be/2p_Hlm6aCok - Sean Carroll [TOE]: https://youtu.be/9AoRxtYZrZo - David Wallace [TOE]: https://youtu.be/4MjNuJK5RzM - Chiara Marletto [TOE]: https://youtu.be/40CB12cj_aM - Roger Penrose [TOE]: https://youtu.be/sGm505TFMbU - Robert Sapolsky [TOE]: https://youtu.be/z0IqA1hYKY8 - Yang-Hui He [TOE]: https://youtu.be/spIquD_mBFk - Maria Violaris [TOE]: https://youtu.be/Iya6tYN37ow SUPPORT: - Become a YouTube Member (Early Access Videos): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join - Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal - Support me on Crypto: https://commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/de803625-87d3-4300-ab6d-85d4258834a9 - Support me on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=XUBHNMFXUX5S4 SOCIALS: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt - Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs Guests do not pay to appear. Theories of Everything receives revenue solely from viewer donations, platform ads, and clearly labelled sponsors; no guest or associated entity has ever given compensation, directly or through intermediaries. #science