最佳Sean Carrolls播客 (2023)

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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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252 | Hannah Ritchie on Keeping Hope for the Planet Alive 1:15:35

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Our planet and its environment are in bad shape, in all sorts of ways. Those of us who want to improve the situation face a dilemma. On the one hand, we have to be forceful and clear-headed about how the bad the situation actually is. On the other, we don't want to give the impression that things are so bad that it's hopeless. That could -- and, em…

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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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251 | Rosemary Braun on Uncovering Patterns in Biological Complexity 1:11:18

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Biological organisms are paradigmatic emergent systems. That atoms of which they are made mindlessly obey the local laws of physics; even cells and organs do their individual jobs without explicitly understanding the larger whole of which they are a part. And yet the system as a whole functions beautifully, with apparent purpose and function. How d…

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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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250 | Brendan Nyhan on Navigating the Information Ecosystem 57:46

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The modern world inundates us with both information and misinformation. What are the forces that conspire to make misinformation so prevalent? Can we combat the flow of misinformation, perhaps by legal restrictions? Would that even be a good idea? How can individuals help distinguish between true and false claims as they come in? What are the biase…

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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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249 | Peter Godfrey-Smith on Sentience and Octopus Minds 1:28:06

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The study of cognition and sentience would be greatly abetted by the discovery of intelligent alien beings, who presumably developed independently of life here on Earth. But we do have more than one data point to consider: certain vertebrates (including humans) are quite intelligent, but so are certain cephalopods (including octopuses), even though…

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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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AMA | September 2023 4:03:17

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Welcome to the September 2023 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number -- based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the qu…

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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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248 | Yejin Choi on AI and Common Sense 1:12:39

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Over the last year, AI large-language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT have demonstrated a remarkable ability to carry on human-like conversations in a variety of different concepts. But the way these LLMs "learn" is very different from how human beings learn, and the same can be said for how they "reason." It's reasonable to ask, do these AI programs re…

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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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247 | Samuel Bowles on Economics, Cooperation, and Inequality 1:20:27

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Blog post with transcript: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023/08/21/247-samuel-bowles-on-economics-cooperation-and-inequality/ Economics, much like thermodynamics, is a story of collective behavior arising from the interactions of many individual constituents. The big difference is that in economics, the constituents are themselves c…

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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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246 | David Stuart on Time and Science in Maya Civilization 1:09:25

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You might remember the somewhat bizarre worries that swept through certain circles back in 2012, based on the end of the world being predicted by the Maya calendar. The world didn't end, which is unsurprising because the Maya hadn't predicted that, and for that matter they had no way of doing so. But there is very interesting archeology behind our …

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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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AMA | August 2023 3:38:16

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Welcome to the August 2023 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number -- based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the quest…

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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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245 | Solo: The Crisis in Physics 4:22:03

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Physics is in crisis, what else is new? That's what we hear in certain corners, anyway, usually pointed at "fundamental" physics of particles and fields. (Condensed matter and biophysics etc. are just fine.) In this solo podcast I ruminate on the unusual situation fundamental physics finds itself in, where we have a theoretical understanding that f…

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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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244 | Katie Elliott on Metaphysics, Chance, and Explanation 1:36:45

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Is metaphysics like physics, but cooler? Or is it a relic of an outdated, pre-empirical way of thinking about the world? Closer to the former than the latter. Rather than building specific quantitative theories about the world, metaphysics aims to get a handle on the basic logical structures that help us think about it. I talk with philosopher Kati…

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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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243 | Joseph Silk on Science on the Moon 1:11:17

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The Earth's atmosphere is good for some things, like providing something to breathe. But it does get in the way of astronomers, who have been successful at launching orbiting telescopes into space. But gravity and the ground are also useful for certain things, like walking around. The Moon, fortunately, provides gravity and a solid surface without …

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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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242 | David Krakauer on Complexity, Agency, and Information 1:33:19

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Complexity scientists have been able to make an impressive amount of progress despite the fact that there is not universal agreement about what "complexity" actually is. We know it when we see it, perhaps, but there are a number of aspects to the phenomenon, and different researchers will naturally focus on their favorites. Today's guest, David Kra…

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252 | Hannah Ritchie on Keeping Hope for the Planet Alive 1:15:35

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251 | Rosemary Braun on Uncovering Patterns in Biological Complexity 1:11:18

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250 | Brendan Nyhan on Navigating the Information Ecosystem 57:46

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249 | Peter Godfrey-Smith on Sentience and Octopus Minds 1:28:06

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AMA | September 2023 4:03:17

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248 | Yejin Choi on AI and Common Sense 1:12:39

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247 | Samuel Bowles on Economics, Cooperation, and Inequality 1:20:27

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246 | David Stuart on Time and Science in Maya Civilization 1:09:25

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AMA | August 2023 3:38:16

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245 | Solo: The Crisis in Physics 4:22:03

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244 | Katie Elliott on Metaphysics, Chance, and Explanation 1:36:45

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243 | Joseph Silk on Science on the Moon 1:11:17

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242 | David Krakauer on Complexity, Agency, and Information 1:33:19

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