Podcast Episodes

Episode 15: Radical Candor - Giving Criticism In a Business Environment

Season 1 Episode 15

Karl Popper's philosophy is often summarized as "Conjecture and Refutation." It's also heavily associated with the concept of "criticism." But most people don't react well to criticism. Why is that? …

Published on 4 years, 10 months ago

Episode 14: Theories of Artificial General Intelligence

Season 1 Episode 14

Bruce and Cameo are joined by Dennis Hackethal, Ella Hoeppner, and Thatchaphol Saranurak as we discuss Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).

In part 3, each of the guests talks about their own theo…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

Special Edition: Theory of Anything Hosts David Deutsch

Season 1

This was recorded during the 24 hr. transcontinental Popperian ZOOM Meet 'n Greet of January 9th-10th, 2021 organized by OurKarlPopper.net. Bruce was asked to host a session with the subject of David…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

Episode 13: Objections to Artificial General Intelligence

Season 1 Episode 13

Bruce and Cameo are joined by Dennis Hackethal, Ella Hoeppner, and Thatchaphol Saranurak as we discuss Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). 

In part 2, among other things, we discuss various objec…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

Episode 12: Artificial Intelligence vs Artificial General Intelligence

Season 1 Episode 12

In the last episode, we showed that Artificial General Intelligence was possible according to the laws of physics. This episode is part 1 of a 3-part panel discussion among computer scientists intere…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

Episode 11: The Turing Principle and Artificial General Intelligence

Season 1 Episode 11

Part 3 of our series on Computational Theory. Using the theory we've built up, we now prove that Artificial General Intelligence is possible due to what is called "The Turing Principle" which is the …

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

Episode 10: What Use is Computational Theory?

Season 1 Episode 10

In the last episode, we gave you the basic theory. Now we're going to show you how Computational Theory is actually used in real life. We'll discuss the various computational classes that exist and o…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

Episode 9: Introduction to Computational Theory

Season 1 Episode 9

Computational Theory is possibly the most underrated of all scientific theories. In fact, most scientists think of it as a branch of mathematics rather than what it really is, a branch of physics. Co…

Published on 5 years ago

Episode 8: The Disneyfication of Star Wars

Season 1 Episode 8

Unlike the universally acclaimed Marvel movies, Disney has struggled to turn their Purchase of the Star Wars franchise into the powerhouse they were hoping for. Why is there such strong split opinion…

Published on 5 years, 2 months ago

Episode 7: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics

Season 1 Episode 7

Have you heard the old joke about how there are liar, damn liars, and then there are statisticians? In this episode, Cameo and Bruce discuss how statistics are widely used -- and misused -- in societ…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago