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Episode 121
The substack article with links can be found here: https://bretthall.substack.com/p/the-jubilee-peace-progress-and-policing?sd=fs&s=w#details
3 years, 10 months ago
Ep 119: Work and Heat: An introduction to thermodynamics (a prelude to Ch 6 of ”The Science of Can & Can’t).
Episode 120
This is part of my series on Chiara Marletto's groundbreaking book on Constructor Theory "The Science of Can and Can't". In this episode, I do not re…
3 years, 10 months ago
(Ep 118: The Planetary Health Authority)
Episode 119
Just a bit of fun more than anything else. A quick response (despite the length of the podcast!) to the pessimism, despair and implied authoritariani…
3 years, 10 months ago
(Ep 117: Heat, Work, Universality and Exams)
Episode 118
This is newsletter number 8 which is an unusually lengthy one, hence it is being released here also as an "irregular" podcast.
The transcript and …
3 years, 10 months ago
Ep 116: Objective Knowledge
Episode 117
This is my succinct explanation of "Objective Knowledge" - the concept and not the book of the same name by Karl Popper. However that book of course …
3 years, 11 months ago
Ep 115: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 5 “Virtual Reality”
Episode 116
Although an episode devoted to "virtual reality" may seem quirky, parochial or quaint: the fact is that the concept of virtual reality runs very deep…
3 years, 11 months ago
(Ep 114) Newsletter 3: Manners and Misattributions
Episode 115
This is the podcast version of my Substack Newsletter number 3 here https://bretthall.substack.com/p/manners-and-misattributions?r=3r9kb&s=w&utm_camp…
3 years, 11 months ago
Ep: 113 Steven Pinker’s ”Rationality” Chapter 4 ”Probability and Randomness” Remarks and Analysis
Episode 114
Pinker lecturing on Rationality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW43X... Link to "psychological study" on what people think about meteorological pre…
3 years, 11 months ago
(Ep 112) The 3Rs: Reality, Reason and Rationality. Newsletter 1
Episode 113
This is an advertisement more than a regular ToKCast episode/video. I will sometimes publish some rough and ready material (compared to what appears …
3 years, 11 months ago
Ep 111: Probability - Reality, Rationality and Risk
Episode 112
"Slides" are referred to in this episode. Their absence will not hinder understanding for audio-only listeners - enjoy!
This is a "talk about a talk"…
4 years ago