4 sources healthy · latest episode 9 Nov 2026
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Failing to achieve a result does not prove that the result is impossible; it establishes only that the person attempting it did not achieve it.

Unresolved speaker · Why Leibniz Couldn't Find the Mind Inside the Mill (Joscha Bach) · 2 Nov 2026

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“But, uh, it, it's is not definitive proof because it could simply be that I made a mistake, right? Uh, the fact that I don't achieve a certain result doesn't mean that a re- result cannot be achieved.”
“It means that I couldn't achieve it. But, uh, so it's very difficult to have, uh, a proof against it, right? So it's more, uh, evidence for it if you succeed.”
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