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== Personal life == Deutsch is a founding member of the parenting and educational method Taking Children Seriously.
=== Views on Antisemitism and Zionism === Deutsch describes antisemitism as a recurring pattern of irrational thinking, present in many cultures, whose function is to justify harming Jews simply for being Jews. He argues that "the pattern" persists because, when old justifications for hating Jews lose relevance, new ones are invented to take their place. Deutsch compares this phenomenon to the way gold retains its high value, not because of any inherent quality, but because people know that other people value it. He regards Zionism as the contemporary Jewish response to this pattern and identifies himself as an atheist Zionist.
=== Views on Brexit === Deutsch supported Brexit, with his advocacy quoted by then-government adviser, Dominic Cummings, and reported by The New Yorker in January 2020. Michael Gove mentioned Deutsch's viewpoint during a BBC Brexit debate. Regarding the debate, Deutsch later commented:
In Britain there is a clear path if you have a grievance, you can join a pressure-group, the pressure-group will pressure the government, or you can see your MP, and the MP will see the grievance building up, and so-on. Whereas, Europe is structured in such a way that it's very difficult to know whom to address your grievance to, or what they could do about it. Deutsch was not involved in any campaign advocacy for Brexit. His public remarks on the subject were quoted by Cummings and Gove on their own initiative, as Deutsch later made clear.
== See also == Deutsch gate Wigner's friend Quantum cellular automaton Quantum mechanics of time travel
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