David Deutsch: After billions of years of monotony, the universe is waking up
دیوید دوچ: جهان پس از میلیاردها سال یکنواختی، بیدار میشود
David Deutsch's 1997 book "The Fabric of Reality" laid the groundwork for an all-encompassing Theory of Everything, and galvanized interest in the idea of a quantum computer, which could solve problems of hitherto unimaginable complexity. Full bio
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by this high-tech method.
با شما صحبت می کنم به وجد آمده ام.
would have found what we are doing here
کاری را که اینجا می کنیم
before the scientific revolution
for their descendants' lives.
و زندگی فرزندانشان.
or better to be achieved, ever.
مشخصا تازه یا بهتر پیش نیاید.
famously appears in the Bible,
کاملا مشهود است،
with a named author.
که نام نویسنده اش مشخص است.
he's an enigmatic chap.
که شخصیتی مرموز است.
همان خواهد ماند،
is what will be done;
(ببین، این تازه است.)
"Look, this is new."
in the ages that came before us.
قبل از ما اتفاق افتاده است.»
without novelty.
تازگی توصیف می کرد.
in Qohelet's sense,
جدید از نگاه کوهلت است،
with lasting effects,
تازگی محسوب نمی شوند.
a man can't step in the same river twice,
نمی تواند در یک رودخانه دوبار قدم بگذارد،
he's not the same man.
و او هم دیگر همان شخص نیست.
spreads to other minds,
به ذهن دیگران گسترده شود،
without progress.
بدون پیشرفت است.
in which Qohelet lived.
related to staticity.
در برخورد با زمین،
the knowledge to prevent them.
که آگاهی جلوگیری از آن را ایجاد کنیم.
novel "Of Human Bondage"
سامرست موآم داستانی است
history of mankind as,
را اینگونه خلاصه می کرد،
and death without consequence."
انسانهایی که تا کنون زیسته اند
of humans who have ever lived
for subsequent generations.
نسل های بعدی شان نداشته.
tried to explain their condition,
می خواستند اوضاع شان را توضیح دهند،
in grandiose cosmic terms.
استفاده می کردند.
as it turns out.
explanations, their myths,
between good and evil,
میان خیر و شر توضیح دهند،
experience was full of suffering,
تجربه خودشان پر از زجر است.
they processed ideas.
and just-so stories,
را می پذیرفتند
of the world and of their own condition.
از اوضاع خود وجهان.
did create better explanations,
توضیحات بهتری را بوجود آورد،
were order and chaos, or entropy.
نظم و آشوب، یا انتروپی بودند.
for hope for the future.
shut down all novelty
مانع از هر تغییر جدیدی
heat death of the universe.
of a local battle in that war,
در این جنگ گفته می شود،
on good and evil,
that humans are the evil,
که انسان ها شر هستند،
of another cosmic war,
کیهانی دیگری گفته می شود،
which collapses the universe,
که جهان را درهم می پاشاند،
of the human condition
and all for the same reason.
as what we really are.
آنچه ما انسانها واقعا هستیم نیستند.
of cosmic forces,
of thing create novelty?
تازگی را خلق می کند؟
of the universe surely did.
as 12 or 13 billion years ago,
of astronomical object.
the great monotony.
گذاشته ام وجود دارد.
even more right
"Look, this is new."
«ببین، این جدید است.»
inconsequential at the time,
که ربطی به زمان نداشت،
beyond its home planet --
cosmically momentous novelty.
تازگی مهم کیهانی را موجب شود.
transformed the surface.
of single-celled organisms
to some depth has remained unaffected
از سطح را تا عمقی می توان یافت
if not a novel place on the cosmic scale,
در اندازه های کیهانی شد،
chemical substances have been detected.
متفاوت شناسایی شده.
in lifeless locations,
بدون حیات دیگر باشند،
of different chemicals.
species of ours,
for all we know.
تا جایی که می دانیم.
is the defining adaptation of our species.
the nonexplanatory knowledge
whatever can be understood,
هرآنچه باید فهمیده شود،
through explanatory knowledge.
قوانین فیزیک محدود می شود.
the Earth's surface.
the only known object in the universe
در جهان خواهد بود
instead of attracting them.
از آنها فاصله می گیرد.
of progress in his day.
was still too rare, too gradual,
بسیار نادر است، بسیار تدریجی است،
was even slower.
in the universe at large,
در جهان وجود دارد،
در مقابل چنین مسیری باشد؟
is relatively simple.
billions of years into the future,
میلیاردها سال بعد پیشبینی کنیم،
billions of years ago.
میلیاردها سال قبل تشکیل شده اند.
massive, powerful things
چیزهای بزرگ و سنگین و قدرتمند
and not vice versa.
اثر زیادی می گذارند و نه بر عکسش.
با خورشید برخورد می کند،
by small parts of themselves,
کوچک خودشان اثر نمی گیرند،
can happen to things
برایشان پیش نمی آید
by causing large-scale simplicity,
با ایجاد سادگی در اندازه های بزرگ،
so far in the universe,
molecule-sized objects, genes,
در اندازه مولکول، ژن ها،
the surface of the planet,
the hierarchy rule
یا برعکسش عمل کردند
of 10 to the power 40.
is potentially far more powerful
has achieved a factor 10 to the 40,
۱۰ به توان ۴۰ دست یابد،
the entire galaxy,
who may exist out there,
ممکن است آنجا وجود داشته باشند،
of novelty for the universe.
knowledge, progress,
large-scale physical effects.
اثرات فیزیکی بزرگ داشته باشد.
to that living hell of static societies
knowledge, progress.
is the nemesis of the hierarchy rule.
of the next cosmological era,
in those pessimistic stories.
این داستان های بدبینانه تصویر شود.
capacity to create explanatory knowledge,
به دانش توصیفی اختصاص دهیم،
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Deutsch - Quantum physicistDavid Deutsch's 1997 book "The Fabric of Reality" laid the groundwork for an all-encompassing Theory of Everything, and galvanized interest in the idea of a quantum computer, which could solve problems of hitherto unimaginable complexity.
Why you should listen
David Deutsch will force you to reconsider your place in the world. This legendary Oxford physicist is the leading proponent of the multiverse (or "many worlds") interpretation of quantum theory -- the idea that our universe is constantly spawning countless numbers of parallel worlds.
In his own words: "Everything in our universe -- including you and me, every atom and every galaxy -- has counterparts in these other universes." If that doesn't alter your consciousness, then the other implications he's derived from his study of subatomic physics -- including the possibility of time travel -- just might.
In The Fabric of Reality, Deutsch tied together quantum mechanics, evolution, a rationalist approach to knowledge, and a theory of computation based on the work of Alan Turing. "Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense,"Deutsch wrote, and he continues to explore the most mind-bending aspects of particle physics.
In 2008, he became a member of the Royal Society of London.
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