Ep 86: The Aim of Science
This is an "irregular" ToKCast which is all about a short essay by Popper titled "The Aim of Science". I read parts of the essay and comment on it and compare it to some more recent developments in th...
28 Aug 20211h 13min
Ep 85: ToKCast Do Explain Part 2
The original link for this (without the introduction I provide here) can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEcHS... “Do Explain” is a podcast interview series created by Christofer Lövgren ...
27 Aug 20211h 6min
Ep 84: David Deutsch answers a question about the nature of the laws of physics (a question for David: 7).
This is essentially a sequel to episode 1 of this series about the "reality of abstractions". This question considers the special case of the laws of physics. In what sense do the laws of physics exis...
27 Aug 202111min
Ep 83: "The Science of Information" (Chiara Marletto's "The Science of Can & Can't" (Pt 2: Readings & more)
In this episode I actually do some readings from the chapter (unlike in last episode). Here we really delve into the new science of the constructor theory of information. We learn about what the physi...
13 Aug 202141min
Ep 82: David Deutsch answers a question about Gödel and undecidability. (A question for David number 6).
This is me asking David about interesting and inherently uninteresting things. What effect might "undecidable" propositions have in the physical world? David gives an answer I have been looking for.
7 Aug 202112min
Ep 81: "The Science of Information" (Chiara Marletto's "The Science of Can & Can't" (A prelude to Ch 3)
In this the fourth episode about Chiara Marletto's excellent work "The Science of Can and Can't" I discuss the science of information. Chapter 3 of the book is called "Information" but in this episode...
6 Aug 202140min
Ep 80: David Deutsch's "The Fabric of Reality" Chapter 2 “Shadows”
In this episode, I read David’s explanation of the multiverse and make some remarks on it. This, more than anything in my actual physics lessons, helped me *understand* quantum theory. This, in a sens...
19 Jul 202146min
Ep 79: David Deutsch answers a question about our environment. A question for David 5.
In this question we discuss Stephen Hawking's claim that people are "chemical scum" on a typical planet orbiting a typical star in a typical galaxy and so on. How suitable is our planet for life, actu...
16 Jul 202118min
