Shubham Mehrish

Digital Strategy. AI Applications. Music. Photography. Chief AI & Technology Officer @marsglobal. Views mine.

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My Hermes Agent, Karl (named after Popper) has a “soul” that is an amalgamation of @DavidDeutschOxf, @ToKTeacher and Popper. Earlier today, I worked with Karl to pen a note in response to the the claim that only the comfortable can afford to raise children in the spirit of Popper and Deutsch.: https://t.co/HwKHMM5adD

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@cpaik Really good. I would add that the change to Frontier also means that they don’t see this as the path to AGI as that would be Foundational !

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@ProfByron It’s a bargain at any price

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@soumithchintala @dwarkesh_sp Great points @soumithchintala ... It was (hopefully) clear to many listeners that the contrast wasn’t merely in technical understanding but philosophical as well.

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@IonaItalia @Quillette @DavidDeutschOxf Beautifully written

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@illscience If one can hack “reach” and “availability” (mental and physical) without paying for it, more power to them …. but many can’t. This is misguided advice … cc @ProfByron

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@om @patrickc Great note (as usual). Love your work @om - visual and written …

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@ConjectureInst I got my copy. It’s arriving tomorrow, but I’ve already read the book from Brett’s website. As @naval would say, books that I like I tend to keep in multiple formats and in multiple copies of each format 😃

[Shubham Mehrish @ShubhamMehrish]

Great post @vishalmisra

[Vishal Misra @vishalmisra]

My response to "Something Big Is Happening".

Here’s What It Actually Is.

https://t.co/HFXm8npq8d

[David Deutsch @DavidDeutschOxf]

Karl Popper: "A rationalist, as I use the word, is a man who attempts to reach decisions by argument and perhaps, in certain cases, by compromise, rather than by violence. He is a man who would rather be unsuccessful in convincing another man by argument than successful in crushing him by force, by intimidation and threats, or even by persuasive propaganda."

[Sam @Sam_kuyp]

Out With the Old, In With the New : Why Old Theories Are Not Limits of New Ones

https://t.co/qaRWZ65o0O

[Shubham Mehrish @ShubhamMehrish]

After 53 bookmarks and highlights, I can safely say “The Farthest Reaches” by @ToKTeacher is a great book.

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@rickygervais Loved it @rickygervais. It was more Morality (first half) than Mortality. I would rewrite the title as Mor(t)ality 😃

[Diego Rey @diegoarey]

I just donated to the @ConjectureInst. Their work matters because it’s grounded in the principles I believe best drive human progress: open inquiry, fallibilism, and decentralized problem-solving.

Progress comes from conjectures and refutations, not authority or dogma. Conjecture Institute’s approach embraces this Popperian mindset: make bold claims, expose them to criticism, iterate. It’s the way science actually moves.

I believe knowledge grows through error-correction, pluralism, and honest debate, and that institutions must protect and nurture this process. Conjecture Institute is one of the few organizations explicitly built around these principles.

[Knowledge Theorie @TOKphysics]

All fiction that does not violate the laws of physics is fact. @DavidDeutschOxf

[Naval @naval]

“For You” is TikTok for nerds.

[Shubham Mehrish @ShubhamMehrish]

@ToKTeacher @fchollet And it’s great that people at the forefront of AI research are getting Popper. @fchollet is one of the very best out there.

[Conjecture Institute @ConjectureInst]

Conjecture Institute's third book: Bold Conjectures, Volume I: Select Interviews of David Deutsch

We expect it to be available for purchase in Q1 2026

🙂📚

[Shubham Mehrish @ShubhamMehrish]

@tamarawinter @_brianpotter @IFP @stripepress Looking forward to getting my copy in the mail!

[Carlos De la Guardia @dela3499]

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David Deutsch
Elon Musk
Karl Popper
Richard Dawkins
Douglas Hofstadter
Jacob Bronowski
Thomas Sowell
Milton Friedman
Alan Turing
Charles Darwin
Marvin Minsky
Steven Pinker
XKCD
Rush
Greg Egan
Palmer Luckey
Kenneth Stanley

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