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Back to SearchEp 180: Livestream: ”The Open Hand of Reason”
Episode 181
Defending reason and rationality via a discussion of material at https://www.ecosophia.net/blogs-and-essays/the-well-of-galabes/the-clenched-fist-of-…
3 years ago
Ep 179: Livestream March 14, 2023
Episode 180
I did a livestream on Youtube and this is the audio taken from that. Questions were taken from Twitter and Youtube. The first 20 mins or so of this e…
3 years ago
Ep 178: Its, Bits, Qubits *Part 2*
Episode 179
This is the second part of a two part series. Here we focus exclusively upon "It from Qubit" (2002) by David Deutsch as found here: https://www.david…
3 years ago
Ep 177: Its, Bits, Qubits. Part 1
Episode 178
This is the first in a two part series unpacking, breaking down, reading, reflecting and commenting upon David Deutsch’s paper “It from Qubit” availa…
3 years ago
Ep 176: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 9 ”Quantum Computers” Part 2
Episode 177
Here we discuss the inherent differences between classical and quantum physics. Systems representing both can exhibit "unpredictable" behaviour - so …
3 years, 1 month ago
Ep 175: Science News 1: Population III - The First Generation of Stars in the Universe Observed?
Episode 176
I strongly recommend this episode be watched on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r15jeZaNBHs However audio only listeners should still be a…
3 years, 1 month ago
Ep 174: A message for next millennium.
Episode 175
I strongly recommend watching the video version of this podcast which is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_2tOxitykU&t=1s&ab_channel=BrettHall
…3 years, 1 month ago
Ep 173: Brett Talks Twitter 2
Episode 174
Some random thoughts about random tweets. Ok, so not entirely random. Actually on physical law: not random at all). Better: some thoughts on some int…
3 years, 2 months ago
Ep 172: Talents and Testing
Episode 173
A personal recollection about how even the better schools can, with all the best intentions, undo some of the value they do provide in spite of thems…
3 years, 2 months ago
Ep 171: Knowledge and Ignorance 6
Episode 172
This is the conclusion of Popper's grand lecture "On the sources of knowledge and of ignorance". We reach part 13 and move all the way through to par…
3 years, 2 months ago