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Back to SearchEp 231: Karl Popper's "The Myth of the Framework" Sections I to III. Discussing discussions: deep dive
Episode 232
I take another deep dive into a deeply insightful and original lecture by Karl Popper: The Myth of the Framework. In this first part (of 4) I spend most of the episode unpacking our motivations, Popp…
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep 230: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 12 ”Time Travel” Part 3
Episode 231
The best part! If you missed the others, don't miss this one. All four strands come together to explain the possibility of time travel and the intrigue that arises when considering travelling to "you…
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep 229: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 12 ”TimeTravel” Part 2
Episode 230
An outside broadcast as you will hear. Image generation and virtual reality provide a window on the physics of time travel. Why is that? And what about all those time travel paradoxes? The resolution…
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep 228: Knowledge Beyond Belief
Episode 229
An assortment of topics looking forward to 2025.
Timestamps:
00:00 Truth is indispensable
04:06 The “search for truth” is error correction
08:11 Remarks on selflessness and personhood. How can we s…
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
Ep 227: "What is Capitalism?" - an encounter between Objectivism and Critical Rationalism.
Episode 228
Live from Sydney, Yaron Brook and Nikos Sotirakopoulos join me on stage to discuss capitalism, liberty, personhood, energy policy, Israel and antisemitism and much more. Rough timestamps are here:
00…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep 226: Realism and the purposes of philosophy.
Episode 227
I discuss the point of philosophy and how "concrete" the work of Karl Popper and David Deutsch are in marshalling examples taken directly from science in order to illustrate how philosophy solves pro…
Published on 1 year ago
Ep 225: Livestream from November 27, 2024
Episode 226
A long "ask me anything" episode live and off the cuff. Apologies for the audio quality.
Published on 1 year ago
Ep 224: Shapes, Time, and Holism - by Julian Barbour
Episode 225
Julian Barbour is an independent British Physicist and the author of technical and popular books including the best selling "The End of Time" and most recently "The Janus Point: A New Theory of Time"…
Published on 1 year ago
Ep 223: The Deutsch Files IV (ToKCast version)
Episode 224
After a short introduction by me, the remainder of this episode is a reproduction of "The Deutsch Files IV" the latest in a series of conversations between myself, Naval Ravikant and David Deutsch ab…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Ep 222: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 12 ”TimeTravel” Part 1
Episode 223
Is time travel into the past and the future possible? What is time dilation? Subjective and objective senses of "time travel". David Deutsch's own documentary on Time Travel from the BBB (192) https:…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago