Ep 62: "The Science of Can and Can't" episode 1.
This is the first episode in a new series devoted to an entirely new book: “The Science of Can and Can’t” by Chiara Marletto. Get the book anywhere ebooks are available (as of May, 2021) and learn mor...
5 Maj 20211h 2min
Ep 61 Ch 18 "The Beginning" Part 2
In this second part I spend a large portion of our time comparing author John Horgan's work "The End of Science" to David Deutsch's "The Beginning of Infinity". What errors does Horgan make on the way...
3 Maj 202130min
Ep 60: The Nexus (No music version).
This episode is identical to episode 59 - only it contains no music. I don't think this is as good :) My preferred way to experience this is the video version version which is here: https://www.youtub...
23 Apr 20211h
Ep 59: The Nexus
My preferred way to experience this is the video version version which is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpTxBkmr4LE . There is another version also published alongside this without any music ...
23 Apr 20211h
Ep 58 Ch 18 "The Beginning" Part 1
The beginning of "The Beginning" which is the chapter at the very end of "The Beginning of Infinity". :) Ignore what I say early on in this episode: this is episode 58, not 57. In this episode we revi...
17 Apr 202155min
Ep 57 "Existential Risk".
This is a podcast all about "Existential Risk". Made at the request of a Patreon, I cover the usual spectrum of ways in which people guess civilisation might end, discuss how to think about this from ...
4 Apr 202150min
Ep 56: Ch 17 "Unsustainable" Part 4
The final part of the penultimate chapter. Here we cover "The parable of Europium" and other memorable pessimists from David's formative years. Some analysis of the present concerns about climate chan...
4 Apr 20211h 6min
Ep 55:Existence
What does it mean for something to exist?
27 Mars 202114min
