Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedMichael Levin: belief
30 Nov 2025 Lex Fridman Podcast #486 – Michael Levin: Hidden Reality of Alien Intelligence & Biological Life
“Sort of. I mean, Descartes got some stuff wrong, I think. But one thing that he did get right, the fact that you actually don’t know what you can poke and what you can’t poke.”
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- Speaker
- Michael Levin
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- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 30 Nov 2025
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
Transcript context
…Makes noises. Sort of. I mean, Descartes got some stuff wrong, I think. But one thing that he did get right, the fact that you actually don’t know what you can poke and what you can’t poke. The only thing you actually know are the contents of your mind, and everything else might be… And, in fact, what we know from Anil Seth and Don Hoffman and various other people, it’s definitely a construct. You might be on drugs, and you might wake up tomorrow and say, “My God, I had the craziest dream of being Lex Fridman.” Amazing. It’s a nightmare.…
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