The Multiverse May Be Real | David Deutsch

I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://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/4gL14b9... 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=... How To Reverse Academia’s Stagnation [YouTube]:    • Brett Hall and David Deutsch: How to Rever...   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/do... ArXiv: https://arxiv.org/ Scott Aaronson [TOE]:    • Scott Aaronson: The Greatest Unsolved Prob...   Wayne Myrvold [TOE]:    • A 2 Hour Deep Dive into Entropy   Neil Turok [TOE]:    • The Most Astonishing Theory of Black Holes   String Theory Iceberg [TOE]:    • The Mathematics of String Theory [Graduate...   Alex Honnold [TOE]:    • Alex Honnold: Fear, Fasting, Motivation, P...   Michael Levin Λ Anna Ciaunica:    • Consciousness Beyond the Brain & Self | Mi...   Stephen Wolfram [TOE]:    • Stephen Wolfram's Radical Theory of Everyt...   The Heisenberg Picture: https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelv... Jacob Barandes Λ Emily Adlam:    • Harvard Physicists Expose Fatal Flaws in M...   Everett’s Letter To DeWitt: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/manywor... The Many-Worlds Interpretation Of Quantum Mechanics [Book]: https://amazon.com/dp/069161895X?tag=... Leonard Susskind [TOE]:    • The Crisis in String Theory is Worse Than ...   Sean Carroll [TOE]:    • The "Crisis" in (Fundamental) Physics Expl...   David Wallace [TOE]:    • The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum ...   Chiara Marletto [TOE]:    • Paradigm Shift, Ghost Particles, Construct...   Roger Penrose [TOE]:    • Roger Penrose: Quantum Theory Is Wrong, No...   Robert Sapolsky [TOE]:    • Free Will, Morality, Self Awareness | Robe...   Yang-Hui He [TOE]:    • The AI Math That Left Number Theorists Spe...   Maria Violaris [TOE]:    • An (Elementary) Introduction to Quantum Co...   SUPPORT: Become a YouTube Member (Early Access Videos):    / @theoriesofeverything   Support me on Patreon:   / curtjaimungal   Crypto: https://nowpayments.io/donation/TOE Support me on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_... SOCIALS: Twitter:   / toewithcurt   Discord Invite:   / discord   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