The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch Summary
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David Deutsch's bestselling masterpiece explores humanity's limitless potential for knowledge. Praised by Steven Pinker as "dazzling," this philosophical tour de force asks: What if explanations - not induction - drive all progress? Discover why our understanding has no boundaries except physics itself.
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Why Everything We Know About Knowledge Is Wrong
What if the biggest obstacle to human progress isn't lack of information, but our fundamental misunderstanding of how knowledge works? We've been taught that science builds theories from observations, that experience teaches us truth, that instruments separate us from reality. Every one of these beliefs is backwards. The real story of human knowledge is far stranger and more powerful than we've been told-and understanding it changes everything about our place in the universe.
The Power of Hard-to-Vary Explanations and the Nature of Scientific Understanding
Instruments as Windows to Reality and Knowledge Through Variation
Humans as Cosmic Exceptions and Our Unique Potential
The Reality Beyond Physical Objects and Emergent Abstractions
The Leap to Universality, Infinity, and Computational Power
The Beginning of Infinity and Our Unlimited Future
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"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
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