The Beyond Podcast

The Beyond Podcast

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The Beyond Podcast explores meta-topics and concepts. Note: this has nothing to do with Meta - the corporation. We will focus on mind-twisting subjects like recursion, self-similarity, self-reference, various paradoxes, and other fun puzzles and problems. We will discuss meta references in art and entertainment. And we will try to make these discussions fun and entertaining! Check out The Beyond Podcast at thebeyondpod.com, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Vadim Yushprakh


    • May 22, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 37m AVG DURATION
    • 7 EPISODES


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    This Episode Contains The Seeds Of Its Own Creation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 32:49


    In this episode we discuss Von Neumann probes, and also review Lewis Dartnell's "The Knowledge..." as well as “We Are Legion (We Are Bob)” by Dennis E. Taylor.

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    This Episode Is Coming From Inside Your Headphones

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2023 38:39


    In this episode we will discuss JOOTsing - Jumping Out Of The System, in the context of software systems and security exploits.

    The Following Episode Is False

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2023 32:43


    This episode discusses metaness and Strange Loops in real life. We also review the 1985 novel "Contact" by Carl Sagan.

    This Episode Contains a Hapax Legomenon

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2022 37:14


    In this episode we will discuss the Chinese Room Argument, Turing Machines, and Fixed-Point proofs.

    This Episode's Transcript is a 89742 Byte PDF Document

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2022 35:03


    In this episode we will discuss cellular automations, Turing machines, and the novel Permutation City by Greg Egan.

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    This Episode is 2580 Seconds Long

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2022 43:00


    In this episode we will discuss quines - computer programs that can reproduce their own code. We will also talk about Exhalation - a sci-fi short story by Ted Chiang.

    This Episode Has 6650 Words

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2022 44:55


    Our first episode introduces the podcast and explores the idea of self-describing messages to send information far into the future.

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