Science in Perspective
A “here’s what’s really happening” discussion on today's leading scientific research, explaining deep concepts, and relating them to important broader perspectives.
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Podcasting since 2024 • 6 episodes
Science in Perspective
Latest Episodes
Flow and Form: Creating Supersolids with Light
In this episode I discuss the science behind a recent paper on the creation of supersolids - a new form of matter that has both fluidic and structural properties. Suggested Readinghttps://tinyurl.com/2e2ym4u8Become...
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Episode 6
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Scale-Free Truth: Keeping AI Correct, Regardless its Power
How can we keep AI truthful, even if it knows more than we do? In this episode I discuss how AI might be kept aligned to human truth and values, despite superseding us in scale and capability. I argue that logic is a scale-free framework that i...
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Episode 5
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Scripting the Unscripted: The Fallacy of Trying to Design Life
In this episode I discuss a recent project initiative that looks to design a genome from scratch, and argue that such research motivations rely on a deeply flawed premise.Suggested ReadingHe’s Gleaning the Design Rules of Life to Re...
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Episode 4
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Time travel, and the Unification of all Physics
In this episode I discuss recent research related to quantum time travel, and comment on what this might mean for the biggest outstanding problem in all physics: the unification of quantum mechanics with general relativity.
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Episode 3
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Complexity Answers Complexity: Merging Brains and Machines
In this episode I discuss recent research in merging the human brain with machines. This opens the door to reestablishing motor control in paralyzed individuals, and also raises the question as to how far this might go. Augmented memory? Increa...
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Episode 2
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