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Objective Reality?

The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World by David Deutsch; (Mindscape interview). Are humans just a chemical scum on the surface of a typical planet in orbit round a typical star on the outskirts of a typical galaxy...? Not according to David Deutsch! This is a brilliant and inspiring book about the nature of knowledge, how we acquire it, and the central role of explanation in creating new knowledge. David argues that all progress, both theoretical and practical, has resulted from a single human activity: the quest for good explanations (also see The Fabric of Reality).
The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes by Donald Hoffman. Argues that we don't see the world as it truly is, but instead see what we need in order to survive. Visual perceptions are not a window onto reality, but instead are interfaces constructed by natural selection.
Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen: Lex Fridman interview of Annie; Nukemap
Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds & Emergence of Spacetime by Sean Carroll; Lecture.
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion by Sean Carroll; Biggest Ideas video series
Closer To Truth Leading philosophers and scientists exploring humanity’s deepest questions (Website)
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard Feynman
Chaos by James Gleick; The Elegant Universe & Secrets Of The Universe by Brian Greene
A Brief History of Time by Steven Hawking
The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker. Human Nature Linguistics and the brain
The New Science of Breath by James Nestor
The math behind cryptocurrencies; Veritasium ; 3Blue1Brown

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