Cosmos and consciousness seem utterly different, cosmos encompassing the vast universe, consciousness emerging from tiny brains. Yet consciousness is the basis of religion,...
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Can science discover all truths? Or are there truths beyond science? What is science? A process? A way of thinking? How to get at the essence of science, discern how it...
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Episode 11
Season 16
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The world works at different levels — fundamental physics, physics, chemistry, biology, psychology, sociology — with each level having its own rules and regularities. ...
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What constitutes good science? Are there limits to science? If so, what are the boundaries? How deep can science dig into the foundations of the world?
Episode 12
The Christian incarnation is the central event of the Christian religion. Some Christian theologians go further and claim the incarnation to be the central event in the...
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They warp space and time, squeeze matter to a vanishing point, and trap light so that it cannot escape. How can black holes perform such stupendous tricks, and what can we...
Episode 09
Season 02
26:46
The stunning realization that there may be multiple universes has progressed from speculative metaphysics (or science fiction) to serious theoretical cosmology to data-rich...
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One of artificial intelligence’s legendary pioneers, Marvin Minsky, recently died. With this tribute, we celebrate his penetrating analysis of brains, minds, AI, religion...
Episode 13
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Some scientists take time travel seriously. Should you? What does time travel reveal about the nature of space and time and the laws of physics under extreme conditions?
Episode 06
If God exists, did God create absolutely everything? Did God create out of literally nothing? Suppose there were no beginning, just the universe, or multiple universes, going...
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Quantum theory is very strange. No act is wholly sure. Everything works by probabilities, described by a wave function. But what is a wavefunction? One theory is that every...
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Why is an observer key to quantum physics? Does the act of observation affect what exists and what happens in the external world? Why is Observation in the quantum world a...
Episode 08
Season 17