Yeah, it requires effort, but, unlike Susskind’s book, it has basically no calculus, just algebra and a tiny bit of some basic matrix addition and multiplication, as well as some very brief understanding of complex numbers, both of which can be learned in an afternoon by a person who has a solid grasp of precalc (grade 11-level math or so). Basically the same prereqs as for the QM sequence. Additionally, it touches on several very AGI-relevant points, like Godel incompleteness, anthropics, complexity and free will. And, while it talks favorably about MWI, it has none of the anti-rational MWI/Bayes propaganda and “eld science” bashing of the QM sequence.
And, while it talks favorably about MWI, it has none of the anti-rational MWI/Bayes propaganda and “eld science” bashing of the QM sequence.
Of course, it throws in some gratuitous anti-Bayesianism too—remember the chapter where anthropics (which no one agrees on or can formulate a sensible position on) refutes Bayesianism? Pick your poison...
Yeah, it requires effort, but, unlike Susskind’s book, it has basically no calculus, just algebra and a tiny bit of some basic matrix addition and multiplication, as well as some very brief understanding of complex numbers, both of which can be learned in an afternoon by a person who has a solid grasp of precalc (grade 11-level math or so). Basically the same prereqs as for the QM sequence. Additionally, it touches on several very AGI-relevant points, like Godel incompleteness, anthropics, complexity and free will. And, while it talks favorably about MWI, it has none of the anti-rational MWI/Bayes propaganda and “eld science” bashing of the QM sequence.
Of course, it throws in some gratuitous anti-Bayesianism too—remember the chapter where anthropics (which no one agrees on or can formulate a sensible position on) refutes Bayesianism? Pick your poison...
I don’t think he ever said anything about “refuting” Bayesianism, only that its application may depend on whether you believe SIA or SSA.