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Back to SearchEp 260: I don't believe it!
Episode 261
Response to a question about my discussion with @drpeterboghossian here: https://youtu.be/72vhtT0pFmA?si=hAx1kPho4DkLkBFN This is yet another way o…
20 hours ago
Ep 259: Reaction to Michael Levin Part 3: Bait and Switch, Podcastistan and Surprising(?) algorithms.
Episode 260
In this, the third and final part of a series, I break down some work Michael Levin has done with sorting algorithms. That seems very dry until you h…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
Ep 258: Reaction to Michael Levin, Part 2: Bioelectricity, Consciousness and Knowing
Episode 259
This is the second in a multipart series where I react to some interviews with @drmichaellevin a biologist who, among other things, specialises in …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Ep 257: Reaction to Michael Levin, Part 1: Categories and Continuums.
Episode 258
This is the first in a multipart series where I react to some interviews with @drmichaellevin - a biologist who, among other things, specialises in…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Ep 256: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 13 ”The Four Strands” Part 2
Episode 257
Comparing Kuhn and Popper on Quantum Theory: Here we go deeper into the differences between Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn's account of how science move…
2 months ago
Ep 255: Does this research explain how LLMs work?
Episode 256
I take a look at these three papers: 1. https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2512.22471 2. https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.23752 3. https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.22473 …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep 254: Australia: The Land of Bans. (Social Media prohibited for under-16s. Analysis of the arguments "for".)
Episode 255
This is effectively part 3 in a series of responses to the Prime Minister of Australia about censorship, legislation, policy, philosophy, Bondi and S…
3 months, 1 week ago
Ep 253: Further Comments on the Bondi Massacre.
Episode 254
Here I remark on comments made by Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke and Education Minister Jason Clare and then make some broader points ab…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep 252: Response to the Prime Minister of Australia
Episode 253
A reaction "episode" where I make some remarks about a speech by Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of Australia, in the wake of the Bondi Beach Massac…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep 251: OK Doomer!
Episode 252
This is a reproduction of a talk I gave to some trainee surgeons in Sydney who, among other things, were learning about AI as it was affecting their …
3 months, 3 weeks ago