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By Brett Hall
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Episodes: 206
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This is a podcast largely about the work of David Deutsch and his books ”The Beginning of Infinity” and ”The Fabric of Reality”.
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Ep 206: Sam Kuypers (Time: The First Quantum Concept Part 3 - and more).
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Ep 205: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 11 ”Time: The First Quantum Concept” *Part 2*
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Ep 204: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 11 ”Time: The First Quantum Concept” Part 1
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Ep 203: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 10 ”The Nature of Mathematics” Part 4
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Ep 202: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 10 ”The Nature of Mathematics” Part 3
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Ep 201: Progress: Conserving the means of Error Correction. Free Speech, Free Trade and Democracy.
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Ep 200: Chiara Marletto
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Ep 199: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 10 ”The Nature of Mathematics” Part 2
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Ep 198: Bayesianism
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Ep 197: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 10 ”The Nature of Mathematics” Part 1: Introduction
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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Ep 196: The Mother Military
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Ep 195: Knowledge, Wealth and Constructors
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Ep 194: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 9 ”Quantum Computers” Part 4: Shor’s Algorithm
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Ep 193: Effortless Stoicism
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Ep 192: Where do ideas come from?
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Ep 191: Science News 2: Dark Matter, Fusion, JWST Latest
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Ep 190: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 9 ”Quantum Computers” Part3
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Ep 189: Epiphenomena
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Ep 188: Nick Bostrom on AI on ”Talk TV” - analysis
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Ep 187: Red Pens and Fallibilism
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Ep 186: Brett, Naval and more on AI & AGI
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Apr 08, 2023 |
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Ep 185: Possibility and Actuality. Facts and Counterfactuals.
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Ep 184: ToKCast Digest - An Overview of Optimism
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Ep 183: St George in retirement syndrome on St Patrick’s day.
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Ep 182: Livestream Science News and AMA
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Ep 181: The Big Bang Livestream ToKCast
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Ep 180: Livestream: ”The Open Hand of Reason”
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Ep 179: Livestream March 14, 2023
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Ep 178: Its, Bits, Qubits *Part 2*
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Ep 177: Its, Bits, Qubits. Part 1
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Ep 176: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 9 ”Quantum Computers” Part 2
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Ep 175: Science News 1: Population III - The First Generation of Stars in the Universe Observed?
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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Ep 174: A message for next millennium.
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Ep 173: Brett Talks Twitter 2
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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Ep 172: Talents and Testing
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Ep 171: Knowledge and Ignorance 6
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Jan 21, 2023 |
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Ep 170: Are creativity and consciousness the same thing?
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Ep 169: Livestream & Happy New Year
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Dec 31, 2022 |
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Ep 168: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 9 ”Quantum Computers” Part 1
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Ep 167: ”Degrowth” - the plan for civilisational decline and disaster.
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Ep 166: Newsletter 18: A weekend of Twitter
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Ep 165: Knowledge and Ignorance Part 5
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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Ep 164: Knowledge and Ignorance Part4
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Ep 163: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 8 ”The Significance of Life” Part 2
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Ep 162: Steven Pinker’s ”Rationality” Chapter 7 ”Hits and False Alarms” Part 1
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Ep 161: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 8 ”The Significance of Life”.
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Ep 160: Knowledge and Ignorance Part 3
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Ep 159: Knowledge and Ignorance Part 2
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Oct 15, 2022 |
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Ep 158: Knowledge and Ignorance Part 1
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Ep 157: (Preview) Popper vs Other Philosophers
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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Ep 156: Induction under Objectivist Epistemology - Part 2
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Ep 155: The Logical Leap - ”Induction in Physics”
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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Ep 154: Breakthrough (in Quantum Computation) Prize!
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Ep 153: ”Induction” under Objectivist Epistemology - Part 1
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Ep 152: ”Observing the facts of reality”.
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Ep 151: ”Objectivist” ”Epistemology” - The errors of objectivism
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Ep 150: ”A Journey There & Back Again” -Chiara Marletto’s ”The Science of Can & Can’t” Ch 6 Readings & Discussion.
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Ep 149: Meaning
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Ep 148: Memetics
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Ep 147: Memes
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Ep 146: Mindless
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Ep 145: Minds
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Ep 144: Monarchy
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Ep 143: Metaphysics
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Ep 142: Multiverses
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Ep 141: The Mathematicians’ Misconception
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Ep 140: Mathematics
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Ep 139: Misconceptions
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Ep 138: Things that make you go mmmmm? Part 5: Minds II - Part the Second
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Sep 04, 2022 |
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Ep 137: Things that make you go mmmmm? Part 4: Minds - Part the First
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Ep 136: Things that make you go mmmmm? Part 3: Multiverses
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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Ep 135: Lookouts
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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Ep 134: Things that make you go mmmmm? Part 2: Mathematics
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Ep 133: Things that make you go mmmmmm? Part 1: Many Misconceptions
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Ep 132: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 7 ”A Conversation about Justification”. Part 2
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Ep 131:Corroboration? Excerpts and Analysis of Popper’s ”Realism & The Aim of Science”.
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Ep 130: Steven Pinker’s ”Rationality” Ch 6 ”Risk and Reward” (Rational Choice & Expected Utility). Analysis.
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Aug 13, 2022 |
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Ep 129: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 7 ”A Conversation about Justification”.
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Ep 128: Steven Pinker’s ”Rationality” Chapter 5 ”Beliefs & Evidence (Bayesian Reasoning” Remarks & Analysis
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Ep 127: The End of Global Order (A response).
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Ep: 126 Origins
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Ep 125: Livestreams 1, 2 & 3
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Ep 124: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 6 “Universality and the limits of Computation”
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Ep 123: Ask Me Anything 3
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Jun 25, 2022 |
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Ep 122: ”Work and Heat” - Chiara Marletto’s ”The Science of Can and Can’t” Chapter 6 Readings & Discussion.
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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(Episode 121) Energy
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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(Episode 120) Newsletter 10: The Jubilee, Peace, Progress and Policing
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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Ep 119: Work and Heat: An introduction to thermodynamics (a prelude to Ch 6 of ”The Science of Can & Can’t).
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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(Ep 118: The Planetary Health Authority)
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May 23, 2022 |
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(Ep 117: Heat, Work, Universality and Exams)
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May 19, 2022 |
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Ep 116: Objective Knowledge
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May 06, 2022 |
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Ep 115: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 5 “Virtual Reality”
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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(Ep 114) Newsletter 3: Manners and Misattributions
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Ep: 113 Steven Pinker’s ”Rationality” Chapter 4 ”Probability and Randomness” Remarks and Analysis
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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(Ep 112) The 3Rs: Reality, Reason and Rationality. Newsletter 1
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Ep 111: Probability - Reality, Rationality and Risk
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Ep 110: A Tradition of Criticism
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Mar 19, 2022 |
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Ep: 109 ”Objective Morality I: The Principle of Optimism”
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Ep: 108 Steven Pinker’s ”Rationality”Chapter 3 ”Logic and Critical Thinking” - reflections and analysis.
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Ep 107: What is a good explanation?
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Ep 106: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 4 “Criteria for Reality” Part 2
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Ep 105: David Deutsch’s “The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 4 “Criteria for Reality” Part 1
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Jan 16, 2022 |
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Ep 104: Are We Running Out Of Resources?
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Dec 26, 2021 |
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Ep 103: Ask Me Anything #2
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Ep 102: The Thin Veneer
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Ep 101 Ask Me Anything 1
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Ep 100: David Deutsch
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Ep: 99 David Deutsch‘s ”The Beginning of Infinity” - a retrospective in 99 minutes
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Ep 98: ”Knowledge” Chiara Marletto‘s ”The Science of Can and Can‘t” Ch 5 Readings and discussion.
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Ep 97: David Deutsch answers a question about dark energy. A question for David number 10.
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Ep 96: Computational Universality: Yaron Brook vs Sam Harris response
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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Ep: 95 Steven Pinker‘s ”Rationality” Chapters 1 & 2 Remarks and Analysis
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Ep 94: Wealth and the Conflict of Ideas
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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Ep 93: David Deutsch answers a question about the nature of mind. A question for David number 9.
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Ep 92: David Deutsch answers a question about observations. A question for David number 8
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Ep 91: David Deutsch‘s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 3 “Problem Solving” Part 2
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Ep 90: Fallibilism
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Ep: 89 ”Quantum Information” Chiara Marletto‘s ”The Science of Can & Can‘t” Ch 4 readings and discussion
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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Ep: 88 Critically Creative (Critical and Creative Thinking 2.0).
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Sep 11, 2021 |
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Ep 87: David Deutsch‘s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 3 “Problem Solving” Part 1
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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Ep 86: The Aim of Science
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Aug 28, 2021 |
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Ep 85: ToKCast Do Explain Part 2
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Ep 84: David Deutsch answers a question about the nature of the laws of physics (a question for David: 7).
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Ep 83: "The Science of Information" (Chiara Marletto's "The Science of Can & Can't" (Pt 2: Readings & more)
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Ep 82: David Deutsch answers a question about Gödel and undecidability. (A question for David number 6).
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Aug 07, 2021 |
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Ep 81: "The Science of Information" (Chiara Marletto's "The Science of Can & Can't" (A prelude to Ch 3)
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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Ep 80: David Deutsch's "The Fabric of Reality" Chapter 2 “Shadows”
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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Ep 79: David Deutsch answers a question about our environment. A question for David 5.
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Ep 78: ToKCast's "Do Explain" Part 1
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Ep 77: David Deutsch's "The Fabric of Reality" Chapter 1 "The Theory of Everything" Part 3
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Ep 76: David Deutsch and Tyler Cowen: Reaction
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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Ep 75: It's not scientific and it's not American
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Ep 74: Chiara Marletto's "The Science of Can and Can't" Episode 3
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Ep 73: David Deutsch on "Truth". A question for David 4.
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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Ep 72: David Deutsch comments on recent UFO sighting (The "Tictac" issue). A question for David 3.
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Ep 71: David Deutsch explains "explanations" further. (A "question for David" 2)
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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Ep 70: A question for David 1
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Ep 69: "The Beginning" Part 4. The Final episode.
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May 26, 2021 |
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Ep 68: Crypto Comments
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May 21, 2021 |
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Ep 67:"The Fabric of Reality" episode 2.
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May 20, 2021 |
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Ep 66: “The Science of Can and Can’t” episode 2
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May 17, 2021 |
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Ep 65: Quasars
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May 14, 2021 |
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Ep 64 Ch 18 "The Beginning" Part 3
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May 11, 2021 |
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Ep 63: "The Fabric of Reality" episode 1
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May 07, 2021 |
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Ep 62: "The Science of Can and Can't" episode 1.
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May 05, 2021 |
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Ep 61 Ch 18 "The Beginning" Part 2
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May 03, 2021 |
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Ep 60: The Nexus (No music version).
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Ep 59: The Nexus
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Ep 58 Ch 18 "The Beginning" Part 1
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Apr 17, 2021 |
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Ep 57 "Existential Risk".
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Apr 04, 2021 |
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Ep 56: Ch 17 "Unsustainable" Part 4
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Apr 04, 2021 |
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Ep 55:Existence
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Mar 27, 2021 |
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Ep 54 Ch 17 "Unsustainable" Part 3
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Ep 53: Understanding Universality
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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Ep 52 Ch 17 "Unsustainable" Part 2
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Ep 51 Ch 17 "Unsustainable" Part 1
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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Ep 50 Ch 16 "The Evolution of Creativity" Part 2
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Jan 17, 2021 |
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Ep 49: An introduction to epistemology
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Ep 48: Cosmological Economics
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Ep 47: Are we alone?
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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Ep 46 "The Evolution of Creativity" Part 1
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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Ep 45 Free Will Exists
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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Ep 44 Ch 16 "The Evolution of Creativity" Part 0
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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Ep 43 Ch 15 "The Evolution of Culture" Part 3
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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Ep: 42 An autobiography of wealth
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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Ep 41: Deutsch Discoveries: Part 2 of an introduction to the philosophy of David Deutsch
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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Ep 40: Popper Pieces - Part 2 of an Introduction to Popper
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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Ep 39 Ch 15 "The Evolution of Culture" Part 2
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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Ep 38 Ch 15 "The Evolution of Culture" Part 1
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Nov 14, 2020 |
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Ep 37: An intermittent introduction to Popper and Deutsch
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Ep 36: The Borders of Ideas
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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Ep 35 Ch 14 "Why are Flowers Beautiful?"
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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Ep 34 Ch 13 “Choices” Part 2. Some readings and remarks.
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Oct 18, 2020 |
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Ep 33 Ch 13 "Choices" Part 1. Some readings and remarks.
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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Ep 32 Ch 12 "A Physicist's History of Bad Philosophy" Part 3. Some readings and remarks
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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Ep: 31 Ch 12 "A Physicist's History of Bad Philosophy" Part 2: Some readings and remarks.
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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Ep: 30 Ch 12 "A Physicist's History of Bad Philosophy" Part 1: The Introduction
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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Ep: 29 Ch 11 "The Multiverse" Part 5
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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Ep 28: Ch 11 "The Multiverse" Part 4
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May 15, 2020 |
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Ep 27: Christian Atheists
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Apr 25, 2020 |
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Ep 26: Problems, Knowledge and Wealth
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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Ep 25: Ch 11 "The Multiverse" Part 3
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Mar 03, 2020 |
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Ep 24: The Multiverse, Part 2
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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Ep 23: The Multiverse, Part 1
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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Ep 22: The Logic of Experimental Tests
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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Ep 21: Ch 10, Part 2 "A Dream of Socrates"
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Feb 01, 2020 |
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Ep 20: Ch 10, Part 1 "A Dream of Socrates"
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Dec 26, 2019 |
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Ep 19: Mr. Popper's Problems
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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Ep 18: Ch 9, Part 3: “Optimism”
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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Ep 17: Ch 9, Part 2: "Optimism"
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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Ep 16: Ch 9, Part 1: "Optimism"
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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Ep 15: A diversion on Free Will and Artificial Intelligence
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Apr 22, 2019 |
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Ep 14: Ch 8, Part 2: "A Window on Infinity"
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Apr 22, 2019 |
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Ep 13: Ch 8 "A Window on Infinity" Part 1
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Apr 22, 2019 |
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Ep 12 "Artificial Creativity" Ch 7 Pt 2
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Feb 02, 2019 |
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Ep 11 "Artificial Creativity" Ch 7 Part 1
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Feb 01, 2019 |
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Ep 10 "The Jump to Universality" Ch.6
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Dec 30, 2018 |
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Ep 9 "The Reality of Abstractions" Ch.5 Part 2
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Dec 30, 2018 |
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Ep 8 "The Reality of Abstractions" Ch.5, Part 1
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Dec 30, 2018 |
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Ep 7 "Creation" Ch.4, Part 2
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Dec 30, 2018 |
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Ep 6 "Creation" Ch.4, Part 1
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Dec 30, 2018 |
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Episode 5: Chapter 3, Part 2 "The Spark"
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Dec 19, 2018 |
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Episode 4: Chapter 3, Part 1 "The Spark"
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Dec 19, 2018 |
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Episode 3: Chapter 2 "Closer to Reality"
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Dec 19, 2018 |
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Episode 2: Chapter 1 "The Reach of Explanations"
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Dec 19, 2018 |
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ToKCast Episode 1: An introduction to the podcast and this first series
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Dec 19, 2018 |