# Ep 263: David Deutsch's "The Fabric of Reality" Chapter 13 "The Four Strands" Part 4 - and final.

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Published: 2026-07-04T14:17:48+00:00
Episode link: https://brettroberthall.podbean.com/e/ep-263-david-deutschs-the-fabric-of-reality-chapter-13-the-four-strands-part-4-and-final/
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How do the Four Strands of the Fabric of Reality - Quantum Physics, Computation, Epistemology and Evolution by Natural Selection hold together? What does taking them each seriously and all of them together seriously? Is it possible to construct a worldview without one of them or based on a single one alone? What do they imply about free will and consciousness? Doesn't making progress require us to assume them false? All this and more.

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