Extrapolating current cosmological theories 10,000 years into the future to derive pessimistic conclusions about growth is absurd because fundamental cosmological theory changes on timescales of decades, and it is unknowable what physics will reveal about the substrate limits of computation at quantum gravity scales.

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Speaker

David Deutsch

Evidence Quote

“it's absurd to extrapolate our existing theories of cosmology 10,000 years into the future”

Source

David Deutsch & Steven Pinker (First Ever Public Dialogue) — AGI, P(Doom), & The Enemies of Progress— Joseph Noel Walker
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:21:48 PM

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