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Back to SearchEp 200: Chiara Marletto
Episode 201
00:00 Introduction
08:03 Interview Begins
09:42 How Chiara found herself at the foundations of physics
15:30 How Chiara found Everett
19:13 No Specia…
2 years, 4 months ago
Ep 199: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 10 ”The Nature of Mathematics” Part 2
Episode 200
The certainty of mathematics and its place in the supposed hierarchy of subjects (assumed to be above science which is itself above philosophy in tur…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ep 198: Bayesianism
Episode 199
Everything and more one might ever want to know about the topic...that other epistemology people often talk about. The central project is to distingu…
2 years, 6 months ago
Ep 197: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 10 ”The Nature of Mathematics” Part 1: Introduction
Episode 198
This episode is an introduction to the chapter. Although there are some readings, they are limited and I provide context by diving deep into David's …
2 years, 6 months ago
Ep 196: The Mother Military
Episode 197
Commentary (and Explainer) This podcast is largely an op-ed about the "feminisation" of Western militaries and the effect of so-called "diversity, eq…
2 years, 7 months ago
Ep 195: Knowledge, Wealth and Constructors
Episode 196
Very brief readings from and lengthy reflections upon David Deutsch's paper "The Philosophy of Constructor Theory" published here https://link.spring…
2 years, 7 months ago
Ep 194: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 9 ”Quantum Computers” Part 4: Shor’s Algorithm
Episode 195
This is a "return to regular format" episode in one respect - readings from and reflections upon "The Fabric of Reality" but also a departure from re…
2 years, 8 months ago
Ep 193: Effortless Stoicism
Episode 194
I recommend the version found here that contains visuals and music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlvgxEBekP4
However the same message will come th…
2 years, 8 months ago
Ep 192: Where do ideas come from?
Episode 193
This is a cross-post from my Substack podcast "The 3Rs: Reality, Reason, Rationality" the text of which can be found here: https://bretthall.substack…
2 years, 9 months ago
Ep 191: Science News 2: Dark Matter, Fusion, JWST Latest
Episode 192
Science news from a "critical rational" perspective. No "believing" in explanations here, no time for instrumentalism and a focus on good explanation…
2 years, 9 months ago