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David Deutsch: Chemical scum that dream of distant quasars
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David Deutsch's TED talk arguing that humanity's survival depends on solving problems through knowledge growth. He frames people as improbable "chemical scum" capable of understanding distant quasars.
Cited for its optimistic argument that there are few limits to knowledge and human progress.
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