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Your Enlightenment coach ! When you’re tired of astrologers, tarot, healers, rituals, meditations, and philosophies, I’ll be here, waiting for you at the end.

  1. 14 HR AGO

    The Beginning of Infinity-part 17(HINDI)

    Socrates and Hermes explore epistemology, defining knowledge not as justified belief but as fallible conjectures improved through criticism. They contrast Athens' openness to change with Sparta's stasis, arguing that seeking objective truth enables human progress.

    14 min

  2. 3 DAYS AGO

    The Beginning of Infinity-part 16(HINDI)

    Optimism is the belief that all evils stem from a lack of knowledge and are solvable through human creativity. Unlike prophecy, which falsely claims to predict the unknowable future, rational progress requires a tradition of criticism to detect and eliminate errors over time.

    13 min

  3. 3 DAYS AGO

    The Beginning of Infinity-part 15(HINDI)

    David Deutsch argues that physical laws, not abstract logic, define concepts like infinity, probability, and computability. He rejects anthropic reasoning and simulation theory, asserting that mathematical proof is a physical process. Universal computation makes reality explicable.

    17 min

  4. 3 DAYS AGO

    The Beginning of Infinity-part 14(HINDI)

    Infinity treats unbounded growth as a reality, not just a potential. Using the Infinity Hotel thought experiment, the text shows how infinite sets defy intuition regarding occupancy and proportion. Embracing universality and mathematical reason allows for endless progress.

    15 min

  5. 6 DAYS AGO

    The Beginning of Infinity-part 13(HINDI)

    the stagnation of artificial general intelligence and the philosophical hurdles preventing its development. While computing power has advanced exponentially since Alan Turing proposed his famous test, modern programs still rely on pre-programmed scripts rather than genuine creative thought. The author argues that true intelligence requires universality and a capacity for explanation that current "chatbots" and simulated evolutionary algorithms lack. A significant gap exists because researchers cannot yet program human-like attributes such as consciousness or qualia, which remain scientifically mysterious. Ultimately, the source suggests that the failure to achieve AI is not a hardware issue but a philosophical failure to understand how the mind generates new knowledge. Progress depends on solving these fundamental mysteries rather than refining superficial behavioral tricks.

    16 min

  6. 27 JAN

    The Beginning of Infinity-part 12(HINDI)

    the concept of the jump to universality, a recurring phenomenon where systems designed for specific tasks suddenly become capable of performing a limitless range of functions. The author illustrates this through historical milestones like the Gutenberg printing press, the Jacquard loom, and Charles Babbage's pursuit of the Analytical Engine. A central theme is that all universal systems—whether biological like DNA or technological like digital computers—require error correction to maintain their functionality. The source highlights that while analog systems are inherently limited by accumulating mistakes, digital systems can achieve infinite reach by correcting errors at the most basic level. Ultimately, the narrative identifies human beings as the most significant universal entities because they possess the unique ability to be universal explainers. This intellectual capacity allows people to transcend their biological origins and potentially sustain progress into an unbounded future.

    15 min

  7. 27 JAN

    The Beginning of Infinity-part 11(HINDI)

    historical "jump to universality," where systems designed for specific, local tasks suddenly gained the power to represent everything in their domain. Early writing systems transitioned from rigid pictograms to rule-based alphabets, enabling the recording of any spoken word, including those not yet invented. Similarly, numeral systems evolved from simple tally marks and Roman numerals toward positional systems that could handle calculations of any magnitude without manual counting. Despite these breakthroughs, ancient innovators like Archimedes often resisted or ignored the infinite reach of their own creations, preferring to stay within parochial limits. The author suggests that it was only with the Enlightenment that society truly began to value the open-ended progress and abstract knowledge provided by such universal systems.

    14 min

  8. 25 JAN

    The Beginning of Infinity-part 10(HINDI)

    the reality of abstractions and the concept of emergence, arguing that high-level explanations are often more vital than microscopic physical details. While reductionism suggests that everything should be explained by its smallest parts, the author demonstrates that phenomena like mathematical truths or human ideas possess a quasi-autonomous existence that physics alone cannot account for. Using the example of a domino computer, the text illustrates how an abstract concept like primality can be the only meaningful reason for a physical event. This logic extends to morality and philosophy, suggesting that right and wrong are objective truths discovered through the quest for good explanations. Ultimately, the author contends that emergence is essential to the world’s explicability, allowing knowledge to grow beyond the limits of its physical origins.

    16 min
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