Ever wanted to know how music affects your brain, what quantum mechanics really is, or how black holes work? Do you wonder why you get emotional each time you see a certain movie, or how on earth video games are designed? Then you’ve come to the right place. Each week, Sean Carroll will host conversations with some of the most interesting thinkers in the world. From neuroscientists and engineers to authors and television producers, Sean and his guests talk about the biggest ideas in science, philosophy, culture and much more.
https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 21 days 14 hours 21 minutes
episode 273: Stefanos Geroulanos on the Invention of Prehistory
I talk with intellectual historian Stefanos Geroulanos about the stories we tell ourselves about our prehistoric humanity.
episode 272: Leslie Valiant on Learning and Educability in Computers and People
I talk with computer scientist Leslie Valiant about learning and educability in computers and people.
episode 271: Claudia de Rham on Modifying General Relativity
I talk with physicist Claudia de Rham about cosmologically interesting ways to modify Einstein's theory of general relativity.
episode 270: Solo: The Coming Transition in How Humanity Lives
I think through some of the ways that technology is changing the world, exploring the possibility of an upcoming singularity marking the shift to a new equilibrium of human existence.
episode 269: Sahar Heydari Fard on Complexity, Justice, and Social Dynamics
I talk with Sahar Heydari Fard about viewing social change through the lens of complex-systems theory.
episode 268: Matt Strassler on Relativity, Fields, and the Language of Reality
I talk with physicist Matt Strassler about fundamental physics and the ways that we often talk about it.
episode 267: Benjamin Breen on Margaret Mead, Psychedelics, and Utopia
I talk with historian Benjamin Breen about Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson, and their involvement with psychedelics.
episode 266: Christoph Adami on How Information Makes Sense of Biology
I talk with physicist/biologist Chris Adami about how to use information theory to understand biology.