[Classic] Book Review: Surfing Uncertainty




Slate Star Codex Podcast show

Summary: https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/09/05/book-review-surfing-uncertainty/ [Related to: It’s Bayes All The Way Up, Why Are Transgender People Immune To Optical Illusions?, Can We Link Perception And Cognition?] I. Sometimes I have the fantasy of being able to glut myself on Knowledge. I imagine meeting a time traveler from 2500, who takes pity on me and gives me a book from the future where all my questions have been answered, one after another. What’s consciousness? That’s in Chapter 5.