# A new way to explain explanation

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2009
- Speaker: David Deutsch
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics, History, Philosophy, Religion
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/david_deutsch_a_new_way_to_explain_explanation)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

For tens of thousands of years our ancestors understood the world through myths, and the pace of change was glacial. The rise of scientific understanding transformed the world within a few centuries. Why? Physicist David Deutsch proposes a subtle answer.

## Lectures

1. [A new way to explain explanation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/david_deutsch_a_new_way_to_explain_explanation/fefc1eeffa47), 17 min (TED's player)