Description (podcaster-provided):
Coffee table conversations with people thinking about foundational issues. Multiverses explores the limits of knowledge and technology. Does quantum mechanics tell us that our world is one of many? Will AI make us intellectually lazy, or expand our cognitive range? Is time a thing in itself or a measure of change? Join James Robinson as he tries to find out.
Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Philosophy • Quantum Mechanics • Artificial Intelligence • Ethics • History of Science • Linguistics • Evolution • Psychology • Consciousness • Environmental Science • Mathematics • Neuroscience
This podcast, titled "MULTIVERSES," delves into foundational issues at the intersection of science, philosophy, and technology through conversations with diverse thinkers. Hosted by James Robinson, the series explores profound questions about the nature of reality, consciousness, and the future of human knowledge.
Recurring themes include the implications of quantum mechanics, the potential of artificial intelligence, and the philosophical underpinnings of scientific concepts. For instance, there are discussions on the Many Worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics and the nature of consciousness and time. The podcast also engages with complex scientific and philosophical questions, such as the existence and nature of infinity, the relationship between language and thought, and the evolution of music and language.
The role of technology and its impact on society is frequently examined, with episodes discussing the ethics of AI, hydrogen production from the atmosphere, and air-to-fuel technologies. Furthermore, the series addresses the challenges of understanding and modeling phenomena through philosophical lenses, such as thought experiments and the relational views of space and time.
The podcast features experts from various fields, including philosophers, physicists, cognitive scientists, and poets. It reveals the breadth of interdisciplinary dialogue by incorporating aspects of phenomenology, history, and creativity in science. Overall, this podcast presents an eclectic mix of intellectual explorations into how humanity comprehends and interacts with the universe, aiming to foster a deeper understanding of both scientific and philosophical realms.
|
Episodes:
|
Consciousness is not Computation — Christof Koch
2025-May-02
62 minutes
|
Where Does It End? — Adrian Moore on The Infinite
2025-Mar-14
76 minutes
|
37| Mind-Wandering — Kalina Christoff Hadjiilieva on the Science of Spontaneous Thought
2025-Jan-31
98 minutes
|
36| History of Science: Mythmaking & Contingency — Patricia Fara
2024-Dec-23
89 minutes
|
35| Hypercomputation: Why Machines May never Think Like Humans — Selmer Bringsjord
2024-Nov-08
99 minutes
|
34| Animal Minds — Kristin Andrews on why assuming consciousness would aid science
2024-Aug-27
74 minutes
|
33| Taking Chance Seriously — Alastair Wilson on Quantum Modal Realism
2024-Jul-19
85 minutes
|
AI Moonshot — Nell Watson on the Near & Not So Near Future of Intelligence
2024-Jun-21
71 minutes
|
Do Electrons Exist? — Céline Henne: Physicist's Views on Scientific Realism & Instrumentalism
2024-Jun-04
98 minutes
|
30| Thinking Beyond Language — Anna Ivanova on what LLMs can learn from the brain
2024-May-15
99 minutes
|
29 | What are words good for? — Nikhil Krishnan on Ordinary Language Philosophy
2024-Apr-12
97 minutes
|
28| Music Evolution & Empirical Aesthetics — Manuel Anglada Tort
2024-Mar-28
96 minutes
|
27| Why Knowledge is Not Enough — Jessie Munton
2024-Mar-14
84 minutes
|
26| Networks, Heartbeats & the Pace of Cities — Geoffrey West
2024-Feb-29
114 minutes
|
25| Peter Nixey — AI: Disruption Ahead
2024-Feb-15
77 minutes
|
24| How Philosophy Serves Science — David Papineau
2024-Feb-01
76 minutes
|
23| Paulina Sliwa — Moral philosophy as puzzles of daily life
2024-Jan-18
71 minutes
|
22| Sean McMahon — Astrobiology: what is life & how to know it when we see it?
2024-Jan-04
80 minutes
|
21| How and why do animals play? — Gordon Burghardt
2023-Dec-21
72 minutes
|
20| Simon Kirby — Language Evolution & Emergence of Structure
2023-Dec-07
93 minutes
|
19| The Meaning of Net Zero — Myles Allen
2023-Nov-16
54 minutes
|
18| Feeling Right: Emotions & Ethics — James Hutton
2023-Nov-02
108 minutes
|
17| Santiago Bilinkis — Artificial Intelligence: Risks & Rewards
2023-Oct-19
93 minutes
|
16| Gábor Domokos — The Gömböc, a shape at the limit of possibility
2023-Oct-05
85 minutes
|
15 | Simon Critchley — Philosophical itches & how to scratch
2023-Sep-21
89 minutes
|
14| ChatGPT as a Glider — James Intriligator
2023-Sep-07
97 minutes
|
13| Phylogeny & The Canterbury Tales — Peter Robinson
2023-Aug-24
68 minutes
|
12 | The Long Now — Peter Schwartz
2023-Aug-10
87 minutes
|
11| AI, Risk, Fairness & Responsibility — John Zerilli
2023-Jul-20
100 minutes
|
10| Plants, Roots, Spirals and Palaeobotany — Sandy Hetherington
2023-Jul-13
82 minutes
|
9| The Hunt for Hydrogen — Rūta Karolytė
2023-Jul-06
112 minutes
|
8 | Harald Wiltsche — Thought Experiments, Mach, Galileo & Phenomenology
2023-Jun-29
99 minutes
|
7| Anna Lewis — Genomics, polygenic risk scores, genetic ancestry, race & ethics
2023-Jun-22
107 minutes
|
6| Christian Bök — Poetry, Constraints, DNA & The Xenotext
2023-Jun-15
111 minutes
|
5| QBism: The World is Unfinished — Ruediger Schack
2023-Jun-08
93 minutes
|
4| Science & Poetry — Sam Illingworth
2023-Jun-01
77 minutes
|
3| Julian Barbour — Relational Space and Time
2023-May-25
75 minutes
|
2 | David Wallace — The Emergent Multiverse
2023-May-18
87 minutes
|
1 | Casey Handmer — Mining the Air
2023-May-11
91 minutes
|
Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts