Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEp 150: ”A Journey There & Back Again” -Chiara Marletto’s ”The Science of Can & Can’t” Ch 6 Readings & Discussion.
Episode 151
The final episode of readings from "The Science of Can and Can't" by Chiara Marietta. This serves as something of a summary chapter with pointers abo…
3 years, 6 months ago
Ep 149: Meaning
Episode 150
A version of this on Youtube has music and images as a farewell finale to the "Things that make you go mm?" series. This is about meaning: what is it…
3 years, 6 months ago
Ep 148: Memetics
Episode 149
Rational and anti-rational memes.
Static and dynamic societies.
Diversity of ideas and individuality.
Credit: "The Beginning of Infinity" by David De…
3 years, 6 months ago
Ep 147: Memes
Episode 148
Minds are the makers of memes; ideas that survive. But how is it memes are replicated and transmitted through a culture? What counts as a meme?
3 years, 6 months ago
Ep 146: Mindless
Episode 147
The crucial differences between AGI and regular AI: minds vs the mindless. Is "competency" at completing tasks what makes a system "intelligent". I e…
3 years, 6 months ago
Ep 145: Minds
Episode 146
What is a mind? Can we pin it down? To what do the pronouns "I" and "you" really refer? Is the mind different to its contents? What do we know and wh…
3 years, 6 months ago
Ep 144: Monarchy
Episode 145
Stability under rapid change - progress - has happened rarely in history. It has been sustained only once. In any case it began in Britain? Why? We c…
3 years, 6 months ago
Ep 143: Metaphysics
Episode 144
What is metaphysics? Is there a point in subscribing to one? Some think believing in certain theories about the way ultimate reality must be is helpf…
3 years, 6 months ago
Ep 142: Multiverses
Episode 143
In his book "Our Mathematical Universe" Max Tegmark claims we occupy 4 different kinds of multiverse and that ultimate base reality is made of mathem…
3 years, 7 months ago
Ep 141: The Mathematicians’ Misconception
Episode 142
This continues the theme about fallibilism and is a brief recount of David Deutsch's insightful talk given at the award of the 2017 Dirac Medal - fou…
3 years, 7 months ago