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Daniel Dennett: Philosophy, Free Will, Thinking Differently
Episode 154
Daniel Dennett challenges the existence of qualia, the soul, and argues consciousness can be uploaded. They discuss pragmatism, emergence, and the AI…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Best of Lue Elizondo | UFOs, Human History, Altered DNA
Episode 153
Curt Jaimungal talks with former Pentagon program manager Lue Elizondo about the most astonishing UFO revelations, covering philosophy, history, DNA,…
2 years, 9 months ago
Reality, God, Consciousness | Donald Hoffman Λ Philip Goff
Episode 152
Donald Hoffman, a cognitive scientist, and philosopher Philip Goff explore consciousness, perception, evolution, and panpsychism, questioning what is…
2 years, 9 months ago
Joscha Bach Λ Karl Friston: Ai, Death, Self, God, Consciousness
Episode 151
Karl Friston, Joscha Bach, and Curt Jaimungal explore death, AI models of the brain, God, and the nature of consciousness. They debate self‑organizat…
2 years, 10 months ago
Scott Aaronson: The Greatest Unsolved Problem in Math
Episode 150
Scott Aaronson (UT Austin) reveals the P vs NP problem and quantum computing's limits to consciousness The conversation weaves through topics such as…
2 years, 10 months ago
Free Will Explained by World’s Top Intellectuals
Episode 148
Michael Levin and Noam Chomsky on free will in a deterministic universe — across scientific, philosophical, and metaphysical perspectives.
0:00 Introd…
2 years, 10 months ago
Massive Channel Update Dec 2023
Episode 147
Curt Jaimungal announces major channel updates, new features, and release schedule changes for December 2023 We also explain changes to our release s…
2 years, 10 months ago
Peter Woit: Unification, Twistors, and the Death of String Theory
Episode 149
Prof. Peter Woit critiques the decline of string theory and outlines his gravi-weak unification approach using Euclidean twistors in Euclidean spacet…
2 years, 10 months ago
Peter Woit: Unification, Spinors, Twistors, String Theory
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z3JYb_g2Qs
Prof. Peter Woit discusses string theory, its decline, and introduces his graviweak unificat…
2 years, 10 months ago
David Chalmers: Are Large Language Models Conscious?
Episode 171
David Chalmers explores whether large language models could be conscious, examining cognitive science and philosophical implications. The conversatio…
2 years, 11 months ago