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What I've been thinking about this weekend - More open questions, intelligence vs power, the problem of verification in science, the parallel discovery of Darwinism

· Dwarkesh Patel · April 27, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
Intelligence, philosophy power Darwinism
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A collection of random thoughts and musings from the author over the weekend, covering various open questions and philosophical ideas related to intelligence, power, verification in science, and the theory of Darwinism.
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