David Deutsch

Mentioned in 6 analyzed podcast episodes across 4 shows

Appears On

The Ezra Klein Show Dwarkesh Podcast Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

Episode Appearances

The Ezra Klein Show · Apr 24, 2026

Stewart Brand, Silicon Valley’s Favorite Prophet, on Life’s Most Important Principle

“Brand quotes his principle that solving problems creates new problems”

Right to Repair legislation and policyMaintenance as philosophical and spiritual practiceAI interpretability and the opacity problem

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Dwarkesh Podcast · Apr 7, 2026

Michael Nielsen – How science actually progresses

“Wrote foundational 1985 paper on quantum computing with universal quantum Turing machine conjecture”

History of scientific discovery and the Michelson-Morley experimentFalsification and the scientific methodSpecial relativity and Einstein's development of the theory

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Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee · Feb 22, 2026

How to Achieve Anything You Want in Life with Marie Forleo (Re-release) #628

“British quantum theorist whose quote 'everything not forbidden by laws of nature is achievable' supports figureoutable philosophy”

Perfectionism and its mental health consequencesFixed mindset vs growth mindset frameworksSocial media comparison and creative block

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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas · Jan 19, 2026

341 | Stewart Brand on Maintenance as an Organizing Principle

“Quantum computing pioneer; represents optimistic technological progress perspective”

Maintenance as organizing principle for civilizationRight to repair legislation and consumer ownershipSecond law of thermodynamics and entropy management

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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas · Nov 10, 2025

335 | Andrew Jaffe on Models, Probability, and the Universe

“Physicist referenced regarding quantum mechanics and many-worlds interpretation”

Bayesian vs. Frequentist Statistics in PhysicsProbabilistic Models in CosmologyCosmic Microwave Background Analysis

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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas · Sep 8, 2025

AMA | September 2025

“Quantum computing pioneer; co-developed decision-theoretic proof of Born Rule with Wallace”

Quantum Mechanics Pedagogy and FormalismMany-Worlds Interpretation and Born RuleQuantum Decoherence and Measurement Problem

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