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49: Thinking Machines II (Techniques in Artificial Intelligence)
Machines have been used to simplify labor since time immemorial, and simplify thought in the last few hundred years. We are at a point now where we h…
5 years, 9 months ago
48: Thinking Machines (Philosophical Basis of Artificial Intelligence)
Machines, during the lifetime of anyone who is listening to this, have advanced and revolutionized the way that we live our lives. Many listening to …
5 years, 9 months ago
P4: Go with the Flow (Conceptual Calculus: Related Rates of Change)
Join Gabriel and Sofía as they delve into some introductory calculus concepts.
[Featuring: Sofía Baca, Gabriel Hesch]
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5 years, 11 months ago
47: Blast to the Past (Retrocausality)
Time is something that everyone has an idea of, but is hard to describe. Roughly, the arrow of time is the same as the arrow of causality. However, w…
6 years ago
RR30: The Abyss (Part One; Black Holes; Rerun)
Sofia is still recovering from eye surgery, so this will be a rerun. We'll probably be back next week.
The idea of something that is inescapable, at f…
6 years ago
P3: Radiativeforcenado (Radiative Forcing)
Learn more about radiative forcing, the environment, and how global temperature changes with atmospheric absorption with this Problem Episode about y…
6 years, 1 month ago
46: Earth Irradiated (the Greenhouse Effect)
Since time immemorial, blacksmiths have known that the hotter metal gets, the more it glows: it starts out red, then gets yellower, and then eventual…
6 years, 1 month ago
45: Climate Denialism and Cranky Uncles (Interview with John Cook of Skeptical Science)
Climate change is an issue that has become frighteningly more relevant in recent years, and because of special interests, the field has become muddie…
6 years, 2 months ago
44: Vestigial Math (Math That Is Not Used like It Used to Be)
Mathematics, like any intellectual pursuit, is a constantly-evolving field; and, like any evolving field, there are both new beginnings and sudden un…
6 years, 4 months ago
P2: Walk the Dog (Calculus: Chain Rule)
Learn more about calculus, derivatives, and the chain rule with this Problem Episode about you walking your (perhaps fictional?) dog around a park.
Th…
6 years, 4 months ago