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David Deutsch on Physics Without Probability
A 2015 talk by David Deutsch with slides and audio about constructor theory and how physics, in particular the many-worlds interpretation, can be framed without probability.
Why HN readers recommended it
Cited in threads on probability and quantum theory as a strong argument that probabilities can be eliminated from physics.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Simon Benjamin
- Topic
- physics without probability
- Format
- talk
- Level
- advanced
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Any theory that is explainable and hard to vary does not need probability. Can you explain how probability is used in statistical mechanics in a way to contradict what I am saying? P.S. Thanks for being a sport and talk about this in a truly …
ThomPete on Hacker News · 2022-10
In Probability (1963)David Deutsch’s “Physics Without Probability” covers the history of probability, it’s legitimate and misconceived uses and concludes that according to MWI there is no such thing in reality - it’s basically that probabilities correspond to how measures of the multiverse proportion themselves as differentiation occurs. …
andrewgleave on Hacker News · 2023-05
In The World is Built on Probability [1988/2023]
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