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The Conjecturing: A Horror-ish Podcast
Bone Tomahawk (2015) Movie Review

The Conjecturing: A Horror-ish Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 54:41


The Conjecture-crew review Bone Tomahawk (2015) *SPOILERS* *NSFW* Laura vomits. Rob feels alive. Greg will see you at the crossroads.   Theme Music: Conjecturing Theme by DJ Graves   Follow Us!  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conjecturingpod TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@conjecturingpod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@conjecturingpod   Rate Us! Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe on your favorite apps.   ***Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. All rights belong to their respective owners***

Whole Health
How Water Powers Cellular Energy & Human Health | Dr. Gerald Pollack

Whole Health

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2025 120:48


In this episode, my guest is Dr. Gerald Pollack, a renowned professor of bioengineering at the University of Washington and founding editor-in-chief of the journal Water. Dr. Pollack is widely recognized for his groundbreaking discoveries in cell biology and water science, particularly his identification of the “fourth phase” of water—also known as EZ (exclusion zone) water. His research offers a radical rethinking of how water functions in biological systems, challenging classical theories. Today we explore the foundations of Dr. Pollack's theory, emphasizing the influential research of the late Gilbert Ling. We begin by examining key topics such as the existence of the cell membrane, evidence challenging ATP as the cell's energy currency, and the disproofs of the membrane-pump theory. We also question conventional models of the atom and consider how Dr. Pollack's findings connect to these paradigm shifts. Finally, we discuss the discoveries from Dr. Pollack's lab and their far-reaching implications for biology and human health.Full Show Notes Here. Follow The Whole Health Podcast on Instagram @wholehealthpodTimestamps 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:17 Welcome 00:02:09 Sponsor: Biojit 00:03:26 Dr. Gerald Pollack00:03:47 Love for Science 00:09:35 Questioning the Textbook and Our Understanding of Water 00:15:07 Jerry's Teaching Methods 00:17:00 Herold Hillman: Does the Cell Membrane Exist?00:22:13 Gilbert Ling 00:23:26 Ling's Theory of Water 00:26:26 Writing Cells, Gels, and the Engines of Life 00:27:27 The Association-Induction Hypothesis 00:30:12 Independent Disproofs Against the Membrane-Pump Theory 00:31:28 Podolsky & Morales: There is no “High Energy Phosphate Bond” in ATP00:35:24 ATP as a Cardinal Absorbent 00:36:12 Ling's Stacked Dipole Theory and Why it is Not Accurate 00:40:45 Gilbert Ling's Inventions, MRI, etc. 00:41:49 EZ Water Electrical Charge 00:43:56 EZ Creating a Battery and its Implications for Cellular Energetics 00:46:02 Infrared Light Powers the Battery 00:51:12 Arturo Herrera, Human Photosynthesis 00:54:51 Polywater 00:57:47 EZ Structure vs. Bulk Water Structure 01:03:34 Infrared Light's Role in EZ Formation 01:04:20 Hydrogen Bonds SImply a Conjecture 01:05:38 Questioning the Structure of the Atom 01:16:37 EZ Projection of a Meter Long (39 inch)01:21:39 Deuterium and Deuterium Depleted Water 01:23:20 Phase Transitions Within the Cell01:27:15 Continuous Flow Occurs Through Hydrophilic Tubes Immersed in Water 01:36:41 The Driver of Blood Circulation Beyond the Heart 01:42:53 Implications for Human Health 01:55:42 Kangen Water Support the showPodcast Website Whole Health InstagramMy Website My InstagramMy X

The Conjecturing: A Horror-ish Podcast
Longlegs (2024) Movie Review

The Conjecturing: A Horror-ish Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 53:25


The Conjecture-crew review Longlegs (2024) *SPOILERS* *NSFW* Laura is living with the devil. Daddy LongGregs embodies Nic Cage. Rob shows off his long dong.   Theme Music: Conjecturing Theme by DJ Graves   Follow Us!  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conjecturingpod TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@conjecturingpod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@conjecturingpod   Rate Us! Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe on your favorite apps.   ***Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. All rights belong to their respective owners***

Machine Learning Street Talk
The Compendium - Connor Leahy and Gabriel Alfour

Machine Learning Street Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 97:10


Connor Leahy and Gabriel Alfour, AI researchers from Conjecture and authors of "The Compendium," joinus for a critical discussion centered on Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) safety and governance. Drawing from their comprehensive analysis in "The Compendium," they articulate a stark warning about the existential risks inherent in uncontrolled AI development, framing it through the lens of "intelligence domination"—where a sufficiently advanced AI could subordinate humanity, much like humans dominate less intelligent species.SPONSOR MESSAGES:***Tufa AI Labs is a brand new research lab in Zurich started by Benjamin Crouzier focussed on o-series style reasoning and AGI. They are hiring a Chief Engineer and ML engineers. Events in Zurich. Goto https://tufalabs.ai/***TRANSCRIPT + REFS + NOTES:https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p86l75y4o2ii40df5t7no/Compendium.pdf?rlkey=tukczgf3flw133sr9rgss0pnj&dl=0https://www.thecompendium.ai/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connor_Leahyhttps://www.conjecture.dev/abouthttps://substack.com/@gabecc​TOC:1. AI Intelligence and Safety Fundamentals [00:00:00] 1.1 Understanding Intelligence and AI Capabilities [00:06:20] 1.2 Emergence of Intelligence and Regulatory Challenges [00:10:18] 1.3 Human vs Animal Intelligence Debate [00:18:00] 1.4 AI Regulation and Risk Assessment Approaches [00:26:14] 1.5 Competing AI Development Ideologies2. Economic and Social Impact [00:29:10] 2.1 Labor Market Disruption and Post-Scarcity Scenarios [00:32:40] 2.2 Institutional Frameworks and Tech Power Dynamics [00:37:40] 2.3 Ethical Frameworks and AI Governance Debates [00:40:52] 2.4 AI Alignment Evolution and Technical Challenges3. Technical Governance Framework [00:55:07] 3.1 Three Levels of AI Safety: Alignment, Corrigibility, and Boundedness [00:55:30] 3.2 Challenges of AI System Corrigibility and Constitutional Models [00:57:35] 3.3 Limitations of Current Boundedness Approaches [00:59:11] 3.4 Abstract Governance Concepts and Policy Solutions4. Democratic Implementation and Coordination [00:59:20] 4.1 Governance Design and Measurement Challenges [01:00:10] 4.2 Democratic Institutions and Experimental Governance [01:14:10] 4.3 Political Engagement and AI Safety Advocacy [01:25:30] 4.4 Practical AI Safety Measures and International CoordinationCORE REFS:[00:01:45] The Compendium (2023), Leahy et al.https://pdf.thecompendium.ai/the_compendium.pdf[00:06:50] Geoffrey Hinton Leaves Google, BBC Newshttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65452940[00:10:00] ARC-AGI, Chollethttps://arcprize.org/arc-agi[00:13:25] A Brief History of Intelligence, Bennetthttps://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Intelligence-Humans-Breakthroughs/dp/0063286343[00:25:35] Statement on AI Risk, Center for AI Safetyhttps://www.safe.ai/work/statement-on-ai-risk[00:26:15] Machines of Love and Grace, Amodeihttps://darioamodei.com/machines-of-loving-grace[00:26:35] The Techno-Optimist Manifesto, Andreessenhttps://a16z.com/the-techno-optimist-manifesto/[00:31:55] Techno-Feudalism, Varoufakishttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Technofeudalism-Killed-Capitalism-Yanis-Varoufakis/dp/1847927270[00:42:40] Introducing Superalignment, OpenAIhttps://openai.com/index/introducing-superalignment/[00:47:20] Three Laws of Robotics, Asimovhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Three-Laws-of-Robotics[00:50:00] Symbolic AI (GOFAI), Haugelandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_artificial_intelligence[00:52:30] Intent Alignment, Christianohttps://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/HEZgGBZTpT4Bov7nH/mapping-the-conceptual-territory-in-ai-existential-safety[00:55:10] Large Language Model Alignment: A Survey, Jiang et al.http://arxiv.org/pdf/2309.15025[00:55:40] Constitutional Checks and Balances, Bokhttps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/montesquieu/

kinsellacast
KINSELLACAST 355: Coyne Campaign Conjecture! Plus Kheiriddin, Belanger, Lilley, Mulroney and more! Plus Aussie and non-Aussie punk!

kinsellacast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 79:30


The Conjecturing: A Horror-ish Podcast
The Substance (2024) Movie Review

The Conjecturing: A Horror-ish Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 51:40


The Conjecture-crew is back and deep dive into The Substance (2024).  *SPOILERS* *NSFW* Rob Quaid eats chicken. Laura prefers dino-dogs. Greg is pleasantly disgusted.    Theme Music: Conjecturing Theme by DJ Graves   Follow Us!  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conjecturingpod TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@conjecturingpod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@conjecturingpod   Rate Us! Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe on your favorite apps.   ***Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. All rights belong to their respective owners***

Entrez sans frapper
L'affaire Grigori Perelman, l'homme qui a résolu la Conjecture de Poincaré, l'un des sept défis mathématiques réputés insurmontables

Entrez sans frapper

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 4:36


La chronique de Josef Schovanec : L'affaire Grigori Perelman, le mathématicien russe qui a résolu en 2002 la Conjecture de Poincaré, l'un des sept défis mathématiques réputés insurmontables et qui a refusé un prix d'un million de dollars. Merci pour votre écoute Entrez sans Frapper c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 16h à 17h30 sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez l'ensemble des épisodes et les émission en version intégrale (avec la musique donc) de Entrez sans Frapper sur notre plateforme Auvio.be : https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/8521 Abonnez-vous également à la partie "Bagarre dans la discothèque" en suivant ce lien: https://audmns.com/HSfAmLDEt si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement. Vous pourriez également apprécier ces autres podcasts issus de notre large catalogue: Le voyage du Stradivarius Feuermann : https://audmns.com/rxPHqEENoir Jaune Rouge - Belgian Crime Story : https://feeds.audiomeans.fr/feed/6e3f3e0e-6d9e-4da7-99d5-f8c0833912c5.xmlLes Petits Papiers : https://audmns.com/tHQpfAm Des rencontres inspirantes avec des artistes de tous horizons. Galaxie BD: https://audmns.com/nyJXESu Notre podcast hebdomadaire autour du 9ème art.Nom: Van Hamme, Profession: Scénariste : https://audmns.com/ZAoAJZF Notre série à propos du créateur de XII et Thorgal. Franquin par Franquin : https://audmns.com/NjMxxMg Ecoutez la voix du créateur de Gaston (et de tant d'autres...) Distribué par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

ToKCast
Ep 232: Karl Popper's "The Myth of the Framework" Sections IV to VI. "The Critical Method": deep dive

ToKCast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 82:46


The second in the series on "The Myth of the Framework" paper. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction with some reflections on Joe Rogan and Gad Saad 05:14 Section IVa reading - on “Confrontations” 06:32 Section IVa reflection 09:48 Section IVb reading 10:17 Section IVb reflection 12:14 Section IVc reading - tolerance and respect 13:26 Section IV c reflection on Herodotus and tolerance 15:08 Section IV d reading. When should a discussion reach agreement? 16:39 Section IV d reflection. Quibbling with Popper? True Theories or Best Explanations? 28:54 Section IV e reading Goodwill 30:00 Section IV e Reflection on Goodwill, courtesy and politeness. And an anecdote about “professors”. 36:54 Interlude: Popper's Introduction to “The Myth of the Framework” - expertise and authority 40:00 Section V a Reading Clash of civilisations 40:56 Section V a Reflection (including remarks on Piers Morgan and Tucker Carlson) 44:00 Section V b “Culture Clash” the impact on Greek Philosophy and Rationality - Reading and reflection interleaved. 57:15 Section VI a Reading - How we make the world understandable to ourselves 57:55 Section VI a Reflection on the task of “reason”. 59:23 Section VI b Reading: The invention of explanations and the two components of rationality. 1:00:13 Secton VI b Reflection on rationality 1:03:40 Section VI c Popper's conjecture on the origins of the critical method I 1:05:08 Section VI c Reflection on Hesiod's Theogony. 1:07:05 Section VI d Reading Popper's conjecture part II 1:08:08 Reflection on Popper's Conjecture 1:09:04 Section VI e Reading on Anixmander's theory 1:10:12 Section VI e Reflection on Anixmander's theory 1:11:25 Section VI f Conjecturing about conjectures and “The Critical Tradition I” 1:12:52 Section VI f Reflections on “The Critical Tradition” 1:13:16 Section VI g The Critical Tradition II 1:14:33 Section VI g Reflections on “The Critical Tradition II” and “schools” of philosophy. 1:15:30 Section VI h The Ionian School 1:16:36 Section VI h Reflections on the modern critical method and thoughts about Aristarchus and Parallax measurements 1:20:50 Section VI I Conclusion

Increments
#80 (C&R Series, Chap. 7) - Dare to Know: Immanuel Kant and the Enlightenment

Increments

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 66:47


Immanuel Kant was popular at his death. The whole town emptied out to see him. His last words were "it is good". But was his philosophy any good? In order to find out, we dive into Chapter 7 of Conjectures and Refutations: Kant's Critique and Cosmology, where Popper rescues Kant's reputation from the clutches of the dastardly German Idealists. We discuss Deontology vs consquentialism vs virtue ethics Kant's Categorical Imperative Kant's contributions to cosmology and politics Kant as a defender of the enlightenment Romanticism vs (German) idealism vs critical rationalism Kant's cosmology and cosmogony Kant's antimony and his proofs that the universe is both finite and infinite in time Kant's Copernican revolution and transcendental idealism Kant's morality Why Popper admired Kant so much, and why he compares him to Socrates Quotes Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one's understanding without guidance from another. This immaturity is self-imposed when its cause lies not in lack of understanding, but in lack of resolve and courage to use it without guidance from another. Sapere Aude! "Have courage to use your own understanding!" --that is the motto of enlightenment. - An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment? (Translated by Ted Humphrey, Hackett Publishing, 1992) (Alternate translation from Popper: Enlightenment is the emancipation of man from a state of self-imposed tutelage . . . of incapacity to use his own intelligence without external guidance. Such a state of tutelage I call ‘self-imposed' if it is due, not to lack of intelligence, but to lack of courage or determination to use one's own intelligence without the help of a leader. Sapere aude! Dare to use your own intelligence! This is the battle-cry of the Enlightenment.) - C&R, Chap 6 What lesson did Kant draw from these bewildering antinomies? He concluded that our ideas of space and time are inapplicable to the universe as a whole. We can, of course, apply the ideas of space and time to ordinary physical things and physical events. But space and time themselves are neither things nor events: they cannot even be observed: they are more elusive. They are a kind of framework for things and events: something like a system of pigeon-holes, or a filing system, for observations. Space and time are not part of the real empir- ical world of things and events, but rather part of our mental outfit, our apparatus for grasping this world. Their proper use is as instruments of observation: in observing any event we locate it, as a rule, immediately and intuitively in an order of space and time. Thus space and time may be described as a frame of reference which is not based upon experience but intuitively used in experience, and properly applicable to experience. This is why we get into trouble if we misapply the ideas of space and time by using them in a field which transcends all possible experience—as we did in our two proofs about the universe as a whole. ... To the view which I have just outlined Kant chose to give the ugly and doubly misleading name ‘Transcendental Idealism'. He soon regretted this choice, for it made people believe that he was an idealist in the sense of denying the reality of physical things: that he declared physical things to be mere ideas. Kant hastened to explain that he had only denied that space and time are empirical and real — empirical and real in the sense in which physical things and events are empirical and real. But in vain did he protest. His difficult style sealed his fate: he was to be revered as the father of German Idealism. I suggest that it is time to put this right. - C&R, Chap 6 Kant believed in the Enlightenment. He was its last great defender. I realize that this is not the usual view. While I see Kant as the defender of the Enlightenment, he is more often taken as the founder of the school which destroyed it—of the Romantic School of Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel. I contend that these two interpretations are incompatible. Fichte, and later Hegel, tried to appropriate Kant as the founder of their school. But Kant lived long enough to reject the persistent advances of Fichte, who proclaimed himself Kant's successor and heir. In A Public Declaration Concerning Fichte, which is too little known, Kant wrote: ‘May God protect us from our friends. . . . For there are fraudulent and perfidious so-called friends who are scheming for our ruin while speaking the language of good-will.' - C&R, Chap 6 As Kant puts it, Copernicus, finding that no progress was being made with the theory of the revolving heavens, broke the deadlock by turning the tables, as it were: he assumed that it is not the heavens which revolve while we the observers stand still, but that we the observers revolve while the heavens stand still. In a similar way, Kant says, the problem of scientific knowledge is to be solved — the problem how an exact science, such as Newtonian theory, is possible, and how it could ever have been found. We must give up the view that we are passive observers, waiting for nature to impress its regularity upon us. Instead we must adopt the view that in digesting our sense-data we actively impress the order and the laws of our intellect upon them. Our cosmos bears the imprint of our minds. - C&R, Chap 6 From Kant the cosmologist, the philosopher of knowledge and of science, I now turn to Kant the moralist. I do not know whether it has been noticed before that the fundamental idea of Kant's ethics amounts to another Copernican Revolution, analogous in every respect to the one I have described. For Kant makes man the lawgiver of morality just as he makes him the lawgiver of nature. And in doing so he gives back to man his central place both in his moral and in his physical universe. Kant humanized ethics, as he had humanized science. ... Kant's Copernican Revolution in the field of ethics is contained in his doctrine of autonomy—the doctrine that we cannot accept the command of an authority, however exalted, as the ultimate basis of ethics. For whenever we are faced with a command by an authority, it is our responsibility to judge whether this command is moral or immoral. The authority may have power to enforce its commands, and we may be powerless to resist. But unless we are physically prevented from choosing the responsibility remains ours. It is our decision whether to obey a command, whether to accept authority. - C&R, Chap 6 Stepping back further to get a still more distant view of Kant's historical role, we may compare him with Socrates. Both were accused of perverting the state religion, and of corrupting the minds of the young. Both denied the charge; and both stood up for freedom of thought. Freedom meant more to them than absence of constraint; it was for both a way of life. ... To this Socratic idea of self-sufficiency, which forms part of our western heritage, Kant has given a new meaning in the fields of both knowledge and morals. And he has added to it further the idea of a community of free men—of all men. For he has shown that every man is free; not because he is born free, but because he is born with the burden of responsibility for free decision. - C&R, Chap 6 Socials Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link Become a patreon subscriber here (https://www.patreon.com/Increments). Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover our lack of cash donations here (https://ko-fi.com/increments). Click dem like buttons on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_4wZzQyoW4s4ZuE4FY9DQQ) Follow the Kantian Imperative: Stop masturbating and/or/while getting your hair cut, and start sending emails over to incrementspodcast@gmail.com.

The Foxed Page
Lecture 79: GOOD MATERIAL by DOLLY ALDERTON >> Witness Kimberly's HOTTEST TAKE since starting the podcast. She loved Alderton's book so much she couldn't help but add some out-there conjecture to her usual astute, entertaining analysis.

The Foxed Page

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 64:11


When The NY Times named Alderton's GOOD MATERIAL one of the best 10 books of 2024, Kimberly knew it was time to dig in. Listen as she deepens your understanding of the male narrative voice, the excellent figurative language, the supposed "double ending" and Alderton's CRUCIAL SUBVERSION of the marriage plot. Tune in to Kimberly's argument for why this (anti)-rom-com (?!) BELONGS in the company of literary heavyweights like Miranda July's ALL FOURS, Percival Everett's JAMES and Álvaro Enrigue's YOU DREAMED OF EMPIRES. Finally, DO NOT MISS Kimberly's hottest of hot takes!

Sadler's Lectures
Karl Popper, Towards A Rational Theory Of Tradition - Functions Of Traditions In Social Life

Sadler's Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 15:21


This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher Karl Popper's article "Towards A Rational Theory Of Tradition", found in his book Conjectures and Refutations. It focuses specifically on his discussion of the various social functions that traditions play in human life, a significant part of which is to provide predictability. Popper also discusses why utopian and idealist plans to erase current conditions of society and start anew are bound to fail To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Popper's Conjectures and Refutations - https://amzn.to/4dFvJjA

Sadler's Lectures
Karl Popper, Towards A Rational Theory Of Tradition - Persons, Institutions, And Traditions

Sadler's Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 18:43


This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher Karl Popper's article "Towards A Rational Theory Of Tradition", found in his book Conjectures and Refutations. It focuses specifically on his distinction between traditions and institutions within social life, and how individuals interact with and are often conditioned by both of them To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Popper's Conjectures and Refutations - https://amzn.to/4dFvJjA

Sadler's Lectures
Karl Popper, Towards A Rational Theory Of Tradition - Tasks Of Social Science And Theory

Sadler's Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 15:51


This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher Karl Popper's article "Towards A Rational Theory Of Tradition", found in his book Conjectures and Refutations. It focuses specifically on what he thinks the key tasks of social science or theory are. Among these are studying the unintended and often undesired consequences of human choices, actions, and policies. Another important task is to examine not just social groups and institutions but also traditions, to determine what their social functions and workings are To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Popper's Conjectures and Refutations - https://amzn.to/4dFvJjA

Sadler's Lectures
Karl Popper, Towards A Rational Theory Of Tradition - How Science Develops

Sadler's Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2025 17:13


This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher Karl Popper's article "Towards A Rational Theory Of Tradition", found in his book Conjectures and Refutations. It focuses specifically on his discussion of how science develops historically. Popper does not think that observation and the "scientific method" taught in classes and textbooks is really at the core of what science is and how it develops. Instead, what sustains it is a critical tradition that involves discussion about whether accounts are accurate, coherent, and defensible, along with revision of accounts in light of that discussion To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Popper's Conjectures and Refutations - https://amzn.to/4dFvJjA

Sadler's Lectures
Karl Popper, Towards A Rational Theory Of Tradition - Attitudes Towards Tradition

Sadler's Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 18:59


This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher Karl Popper's article "Towards A Rational Theory Of Tradition", found in his book Conjectures and Refutations. It focuses specifically on the differing attitudes towards tradition that he distinguishes. These include an uncritical acceptance and advocacy of tradition but also a type of rationalism uncritically hostile to tradition that doesn't realize that rationalism and science themselves figure into a tradition. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Popper's Conjectures and Refutations - https://amzn.to/4dFvJjA

La Revue de Presse
Possible chute du gouvernement : la presse se perd en conjectures

La Revue de Presse

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024 7:11


Les journaux du jour titrent sur la possible fin du gouvernement Barnier, et tentent de chercher des réponses à cette crise politique.Mention légales : Vos données de connexion, dont votre adresse IP, sont traités par Radio Classique, responsable de traitement, sur la base de son intérêt légitime, par l'intermédiaire de son sous-traitant Ausha, à des fins de réalisation de statistiques agréées et de lutte contre la fraude. Ces données sont supprimées en temps réel pour la finalité statistique et sous cinq mois à compter de la collecte à des fins de lutte contre la fraude. Pour plus d'informations sur les traitements réalisés par Radio Classique et exercer vos droits, consultez notre Politique de confidentialité.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast
Connor Leahy Interview | Helping People Understand AI Risk | Episode #54

For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 144:58


3,893 views Nov 19, 2024 For Humanity: An AI Safety PodcastIn Episode #54 John Sherman interviews Connor Leahy, CEO of Conjecture. (FULL INTERVIEW STARTS AT 00:06:46) DONATION SUBSCRIPTION LINKS: $10 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/5kAbIP9Nh0Rc4y... $25 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/3cs9AHf7B9nIgg... $100 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/aEU007bVp7fAfc... EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.com Check out Lethal Intelligence AI: Lethal Intelligence AI - Home https://lethalintelligence.ai @lethal-intelligence-clips    / @lethal-intelligence-clips  

Chronique de Mamane
Les élections... si la conjecture est favorable

Chronique de Mamane

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 2:26


Au Gondwana les élections peuvent se faire attendre indéfiniment. Les élections « peut-être » sont devenues les élections « I.A », des élections « on verra »...

Chronique de Mamane
Les élections... si la conjecture est favorable

Chronique de Mamane

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 2:26


Au Gondwana les élections peuvent se faire attendre indéfiniment. Les élections « peut-être » sont devenues les élections « I.A », des élections « on verra »...

The Taekcast: A (mostly) Sports Podcast
Ep. 381 - Is Polling DEAD? Epic Campaign Failures, Democrat Strategy Moving Forward & Election Conjecture w/ Brian Hooper

The Taekcast: A (mostly) Sports Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 73:26


Draft for $1,500,000 on UnderDog Fantasy & Get A $1000 Deposit Bonus With A FREE Pick 'Em Bonus Entry: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-davis-mattek 00:00 Election Consequences Intro 4:30 Is Political Polling dead? 10:44 The Biden Campaign vs The Harris Campaign Strategies 16:30 Comparing the 2024 election to the 1968 election 19:20 There will be no end to inflation 26:30 The Wrong Strategy vs Trump 34:01 Harris did not run a good campaign 45:00 How easy it is to bet on elections? 52:40 Harris not going on Rogan is one of the biggest unforced errors in political history 59:30 If the economy is good, incumbent party wins. If the economy is bad, incumbent party loses. Get $40 Off A Six-Month RotoGrinders Subscription: https://rotogrinders.com/premium/nfl?promo=davis Sign Up For THE SOLVER Here: https://thesolver.com?ref=yzk0mda Try Out UNABATED'S Premium Sports Betting + DFS Pick 'Em Tools: https://unabated.com/?ref=ymjkzgj Sign up for premium fantasy football content and get exclusive Discord access: www.patreon.com/davismattek Subscribe to the AutoMattek Absolutes Newsletter: https://automattekabsolutes.beehiiv.com/ Download THE DRAFT CADDY: https://endgamesyndicate.com/membership-levels/?pa=DavisMattek Audio-Only Podcast Feed For All Davis Mattek Streams: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grinding-the-variance-a-davis-mattek-fantasy-football-pod/id1756145256 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Technology and Security (TS)
AI, AGI, governance and tech power with Connor Leahy

Technology and Security (TS)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 40:06


In this episode of the Technology & Security podcast, host Dr. Miah Hammond-Errey is joined by Connor Leahy, CEO of Conjecture. This episode unpacks the transformative potential of AI and AGI and need for responsible, global governance, drawing parallels to historical successes in treaties for ethical science practices, such as the moratorium on human cloning. It covers the current and potential impacts of AI monopolisation and centralisation of power and what AGI could mean, if achieved. The episode also explores the different risk profile complex cyber and cyber physical systems present for kinetic warfare.   This episode offers a deeply considered perspective on how to steer emerging technologies toward an inclusive, secure and human-centred future. It considers interdependencies in AI development, including the need for more recognition by technologists of the social and political implications of advanced AI systems. The conversation covers the California Governor's veto of SB 1047, a bill designed to hold companies accountable for AI-caused catastrophic damage, and the necessity for international AI safety frameworks.  Connor Leahy is the cofounder and CEO of conjecture, an AI control and safety company. Previously, he co-founded EleutherAI, which facilitated early discussions on the risks of LLM-based advanced AI systems. He's also a prominent voice warning of AI existential threats. He recently coauthored ‘The Compendium' which aims to explainin the race to AGI, extinction risks and what to do about them, in a way that is accessible to non-technical readers who have no prior knowledge about AI.

investir.ch
Brassage d'air et conjectures – 17 septembre 2024

investir.ch

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 10:43


Nous sommes mardi matin 17 septembre. Cette après-midi la FED va entamer son FOMC Meeting de septembre et demain soir à 20h, ils vont nous annoncer que – pour la première fois depuis des années – ils baissent les taux. Le mélange de l'inflation qui se pète la figure et de l'économie qui se pète … Continued

World Alternative Media
NORMALIZATION: FALSE FLAGS & WW3! - Latest Plot To Cause Another 9/11! - Israel Continues Genocide

World Alternative Media

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 32:40


GET FREEZE DRIED BEEF HERE: https://wambeef.com/ Use Code WAMBEEF to save 25%! 10+ Year Shelf life & All Natural! GET HEIRLOOM SEEDS & NON GMO SURVIVAL FOOD HERE: https://heavensharvest.com/ USE Code WAM to save 5%! BUY GOLD HERE: https://firstnationalbullion.com/schedule-consult/ GET YOUR APRICOT SEEDS at the life-saving Richardson Nutritional Center HERE: https://rncstore.com/r?id=bg8qc1 Josh Sigurdson reports on the latest attempted false flag as the world is normalized to death, destruction and fear. A Pakistani living in Canada allegedly plotted to kill countless Jewish people on October 7th, the 1 year anniversary of the false flag perpetrated by the shadow government to bring in the Great Reset. The attack was set to happen in New York City and many are saying it would have been the new 9/11. Of course this rhetoric is just part of the fear campaign. As per usual, it seems like another plot by intelligence agencies to perpetuate the shift into technocratic tyranny. The attacker supposedly wanted to do this for ISIS. The evidence? Conjecture. It obviously would not benefit his side and would lead to mass death in the Middle East. Still, the narrative sticks or the low IQ masses. Israel benefits from these attacks. It only serves to give them more ground for mass murder. They've killed over 40,000 people at this point in their attacks on Gaza and Palestinians. Most of that number is children. The horrific actions have shocked hundreds of millions worldwide. Even Israelis are rising in the streets in massive numbers calling for Netanyahu to resign. Not that that would make a difference, though their own prophesy claims he would be the last President. Erdogan is calling for an Islamic Alliance in the Middle East to push back against Israel, though it cannot be ignored that Erdogan also works regularly with Israel and benefitted from Israel in their attacks on Armenia. Israel recently shot a peace activist in the head at a protest for Palestine and the news refuses to talk about it. This is a pattern that has gone on for 76 years now. One should ask who runs the media which therefor controls the minds of the masses. It's also becoming more common to blanketly call anyone who criticizes policies in Israel "anti-semitic." This is the same game the left plays with genders. Now the right is doing it with Zionism. It's a race to the bottom and both sides of the organized crime cult called government will bow to whatever makes them feel safer and more comfortable. In the end, the collapse of western civilization will ensue and people will still be scratching their heads asking how it happened. Prepare for more staged attacks and the normalization of fear and warfare. Stay tuned for more from WAM! ORDER QUALITY MEAT TO YOUR DOOR HERE: https://wildpastures.com/promos/save-20-for-life/bonus15?oid=6&affid=321 Save 20% and get $15 off your FIRST order! Support your local farms and stay healthy! HELP SUPPORT US AS WE DOCUMENT HISTORY HERE: https://gogetfunding.com/help-wam-cover-history/ PayPal: ancientwonderstelevision@gmail.com FIND OUR CoinTree page here: https://cointr.ee/joshsigurdson JOIN US on SubscribeStar here: https://www.subscribestar.com/world-alternative-media For subscriber only content! Follow us on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/WorldAltMedia Pledge here! Just a dollar a month can help us alive! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2652072&ty=h&u=2652072 BITCOIN ADDRESS: 18d1WEnYYhBRgZVbeyLr6UfiJhrQygcgNU World Alternative Media 2024

Critically Unfocused Podcast
Episode 165 | "Conjecture"

Critically Unfocused Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 152:36


Concord makes it literally one week before getting shut down.  https://blog.playstation.com/2024/09/03/an-important-update-on-concord/   Women records herself getting fired for tardiness https://worldstar.com/videos/wshh62lv4zGH989L5pH6/was-she-wrong-woman-records-herself-getting-fired-by-hr-tells-hr-you-too-grown-for-me-about-working-on-her-birthday   RIP Rich Homie   RIP Fatman Scoop    Daniel Craig  https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/jaelaniturnerwilliams/daniel-craig-drew-starkley-icebreaker   https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41122997/commanders-suspend-vp-comments-players-jones-goodell   Most overrated player in NFL Most underrated   Who is a player that fans of your team are generally much higher on than non fans   Chiefsaholic has his day in court and gets 17 and a half of them thangs   NFL week 1 preview picks    Caleb Williams gets his number retired at USC, at the same time Reggie Bush does? I don't like it.   Dan Bilzerarian's home is for sale, how much would you need to spend on cleaning products to feel good in here? (Also what are some lines you won't cross on a place to live in) https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/dan-bilzerian-home-playground-sale-expensive/   another school shooting tragedy  https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/05/us/winder-georgia-shooting-apalachee-high-school/index.html   Abraham Lincoln Accusation https://people.com/abraham-lincoln-documentary-shared-bed-with-man-exclusive-8705838

Tullahoma Adventist Church Sermons
"Conjecture & Speculation"

Tullahoma Adventist Church Sermons

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2024 31:56


By Chuck Arellano

Trump on Trial
Trump Trials update for 09-04-2024

Trump on Trial

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 2:30


In a remarkable twist in American politics, former President Donald Trump is now embroiled in a face-off with Jack Smith, in the wake of a superseding indictment obtained against Trump for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election. Trump, known for his unabashed and often controversial style, stated in a recent interview that he had 'every right' to interfere with the 2020 election, an assertion that has sparked fierce debate, and could potentially fan the flames of the legal battle against him.Smith, a formidable opponent, is seizing this moment to his advantage. Utilizing Trump's brash admission as a crucial piece of evidence, he effectively underscores the gravity of Trump's actions against the sanctity of the American democratic process. The indictment secured by Smith can be strengthened by Trump's assertion of having the 'right' to manipulate election results.This legal duel comes in the wake of many allegations that surfaced against Trump's role in the 2020 election results. Conjectures of conspiracy, fraud, and unethical practices marked election processes in various states. Jack Smith's indictment further expounds on these allegations, emphasizing the potential role of Trump and his administration in such actions.In an environment of heightened political tensions and divisive social sentiments, the case against Trump signifies a critical moment for the integrity of American democracy. If proven guilty, this case could set an unprecedented benchmark, rebuking any attempt to subvert the democratic process, regardless of the player's political stature.While Trump continues to maintain his steadfast narrative of having 'every right' to intervene in the election process, Jack Smith's relentless pursuit of truth presents a stark contrast, reminding us of the importance of unbiased and independent judicial practices. The outcome of this case is anticipated keenly and may have broad implications for future U.S. politics.Determined and uncompromising, Smith's pursuit in this case against the former President is not just a legal battle; it's a fight for upholding democratic principles against the idea that might can manipulate right. What this means for the future of American politics is yet to be seen, but one thing is sure – all eyes will be on Trump and Smith as this riveting drama continues to unravel.

The Theory of Anything
Episode 92: Popper on Philosophical Theories

The Theory of Anything

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 115:50


Continuing from episode 91, we continue our deep dive into Popper's Conjectures and Refutations Chapter 8 where Popper explains how to use his epistemology on philosophical theories that (by definition) can't be 'refuted'. Despite agreeing with most of Popper's specific arguments, we offer some considerable criticisms to Popper's approach to criticizing philosophical theories -- particularly to Popper's criticisms of the theory of Determinism which is a 'best theory' by any fair standard but Popper (incorrectly) thought was false. Bruce argues that Popper's approach in C&R Ch. 8 is problematic because it opens the 'Crit Rat Loophole', which is a common way CritRats interpret Popper that allows any preferred theory to be declare a 'best theory' based on the scantest of criticisms. Bruce argues that Chapter 8 of C&R fails in this important regard because it doesn't give a good answer to the question "How does one tell the difference between a good philosophical explanation and a bad explanation?" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/four-strands/support

THiRD SHiFT
In Your House | Indie World, Nintendo Direct, Conjecture Land

THiRD SHiFT

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 60:17


This week Matt smiles and irons, Eric's a scoundrel, we discuss the Nintendo 2-Pack (Indie World + Partner Showcase), and we break out the canoe to go to Conjecture Land! Releases: Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club, Iron Meat, & Star Wars Outlaws

Increments
#72 (C&R, Chap. 19, Part II) - On the (alleged) Right of a Nation to Self-Determination

Increments

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024 51:18


Part two on Chapter 19 of Conjectures and Refutations! Last time we got a little hung up arguing about human behavior and motivations. Putting that disagreement aside, like mature adults, we move on to the rest of the chapter and Popper's remaining theses. In particular, we focus on Popper's criticism of the idea of a nation's right to self-determination. Things were going smoothly ... until roughly five minutes in, when we start disagreeing about what the "nation" in "nation state" actually means. (Note: Early listeners of this episode have commented that this one is a bit hard to follow - highly suggest reading the text to compensate for our many confusing digressions. Our bad, our bad). We discuss Are there any benefits of being bilingual? Popper's attack on the idea of national self-determination Popper's second thesis: that out own free world is by far the best society thus far Reductions in poverty, unemployment, sickness, pain, cruelty, slavery, discrimination, class differences Popper's third thesis: The relation of progress to war Whether Popper was factually correct about his claim that democracies do not wage wars of aggression Self-accusation: A unique feature to Western societies Popper's fourth thesis about the power of ideas And his fifth thesis that truth is hard to come by References Conjectures and Refutations (https://www.routledge.com/Conjectures-and-Refutations-The-Growth-of-Scientific-Knowledge/Popper/p/book/9780415285940?srsltid=AfmBOorkyc4_sllmg2YLqfQ3jYz1HpLtAEUJODspqZ-3adzKrPaQlj9D) Definition of self-determination from Cornell Law School (https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/self_determination_(international_law)) The UN Charter (https://www.un.org/en/about-us/un-charter/full-text) Wilson's 14 Points (https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/president-woodrow-wilsons-14-points) Quotes The absurdity of the communist faith is manifest. Appealing to the belief in human freedom, it has produced a system of oppression without parallel in history. But the nationalist faith is equally absurd. I am not alluding here to Hitler's racial myth. What I have in mind is, rather, an alleged natural right of man— the alleged right of a nation to self-determination. That even a great humanitarian and liberal like Masaryk could uphold this absurd- ity as one of the natural rights of man is a sobering thought. It suffices to shake one's faith in the wisdom of philosopher kings, and it should be contemplated by all who think that we are clever but wicked rather than good but stupid. For the utter absurdity of the principle of national self-determination must be plain to anybody who devotes a moment's effort to criticizing it. The principle amounts to the demand that each state should be a nation-state: that it should be confined within a natural border, and that this border should coincide with the location of an ethnic group; so that it should be the ethnic group, the ‘nation', which should determine and protect the natural limits of the state. But nation-states of this kind do not exist. Even Iceland—the only exception I can think of—is only an apparent exception to this rule. For its limits are determined, not by its ethnic group, but by the North Atlantic—just as they are protected, not by the Icelandic nation, but by the North Atlantic Treaty. Nation-states do not exist, simply because the so-called ‘nations' or ‘peoples' of which the nationalists dream do not exist. There are no, or hardly any, homogenous ethnic groups long settled in countries with natural borders. Ethnic and linguistic groups (dialects often amount to linguistic barriers) are closely intermingled everywhere. Masaryk's Czechoslovakia was founded upon the principle of national self-determination. But as soon as it was founded, the Slovaks demanded, in the name of this principle, to be free from Czech domination; and ultimately it was destroyed by its German minority, in the name of the same principle. Similar situations have arisen in practically every case in which the principle of national self- determination has been applied to fixing the borders of a new state: in Ireland, in India, in Israel, in Yugoslavia. There are ethnic minorities everywhere. The proper aim cannot be to ‘liberate' all of them; rather, it must be to protect all of them. The oppression of national groups is a great evil; but national self-determination is not a feasible remedy. Moreover, Britain, the United States, Canada, and Switzerland, are four obvious examples of states which in many ways violate the nationality principle. Instead of having its borders determined by one settled group, each of them has man- aged to unite a variety of ethnic groups. So the problem does not seem insoluble. C&R, Chapter 19 How anybody who had the slightest knowledge of European history, of the shifting and mixing of all kinds of tribes, of the countless waves of peoples who had come forth from their original Asian habitat and split up and mingled when reaching the maze of peninsulas called the European continent, how anybody who knew this could ever have put forward such an inapplicable principle, is hard to understand. Open Society, Page 355 The nationalist religion is strong. Many are ready to die for it, fer- vently believing that it is morally good, and factually true. But they are mistaken; just as mistaken as their communist bedfellows. Few creeds have created more hatred, cruelty, and senseless suffering than the belief in the righteousness of the nationality principle; and yet it is still widely believed that this principle will help to alleviate the misery of national oppression. My optimism is a little shaken, I admit, when I look at the near-unanimity with which this principle is still accepted, even today, without any hesitation, without any doubt—even by those whose political interests are clearly opposed to it. C&R, Chapter 19 In spite of our great and serious troubles, and in spite of the fact that ours is surely not the best possible society, I assert that our own free world is by far the best society which has come into existence during the course of human history. C&R, Chapter 19 But before examining these facts more closely, I wish to stress that I am very much alive to other facts also. Power still corrupts, even in our world. Civil servants still behave at times like uncivil masters. Pocket dictators still abound; and a normally intelligent man seeking medical advice must be prepared to be treated as a rather tiresome type of imbecile, if he betrays an intelligent interest—that is, a critical interest—in his physical condition. C&R, Chapter 19 I have in mind the standards and values which have come down to us through Christianity from Greece and from the Holy Land; from Socrates, and from the Old and New Testaments. C&R, Chapter 19 My third thesis is that since the time of the Boer War, none of the democratic governments of the free world has been in a position to wage a war of aggression. No democratic government would be united upon the issue, because they would not have the nation united behind them. Aggressive war has become almost a moral impossibility. C&R, Chapter 19 I believe that it is most important to say what the free world has achieved. For we have become unduly sceptical about ourselves. We are suspicious of anything like self-righteousness, and we find self-praise unpalatable. One of the great things we have learned is not only to be tolerant of others, but to ask ourselves seriously whether the other fellow is not perhaps in the right, and altogether the better man. We have learned the fundamental moral truth that nobody should be judge in his own cause. This, no doubt, is a symptom of a certain moral maturity; yet one may learn a lesson too well. Having discovered the sin of self-righteousness, we have fallen into its stereotyped inversion: into a stereotyped pose of self-depreciation, of inverted smugness. Having learned that one should not be judge in one's own cause, we are tempted to become advocates for our opponents. Thus we become blind to our own achievements. But this tendency must be resisted. C&R, Chapter 19 Thus we learnt not only to tolerate beliefs that differ from ours, but to respect them and the men who sincerely held them. But this means that we slowly began to differentiate between sincerity and dogmatic stub- bornness or laziness, and to recognize the great truth that truth is not manifest, not plainly visible to all who ardently want to see it, but hard to come by. And we learnt that we must not draw authoritarian conclu- sions from this great truth but, on the contrary, suspect all those who claim that they are authorized to teach the truth. C&R, Chapter 19 # Socials Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link Help us revoke the UN charter and get exclusive bonus content by becoming a patreon subscriber here (https://www.patreon.com/Increments). Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover our lack of cash donations here (https://ko-fi.com/increments). Click dem like buttons on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_4wZzQyoW4s4ZuE4FY9DQQ) Form a nation and liberate yo' selves over at incrementspodcast@gmail.com.

The Annie Frey Show Podcast
Rumors, conjecture, and outright lies (Hour 2)

The Annie Frey Show Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 40:29


What's true?  It depends on your political party.  Wait, no, no it doesn't! Rep. Darin LaHood is here to talk Chicago, and Illinois.   Sue Liebel is here to talk about the future of abortion and babies in Missouri.  

The Theory of Anything
Episode 91: The Critical Rationalist Case For Induction!?

The Theory of Anything

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 105:46


Forgive the clickbait title. The episode should probably actually be called "The (Lack of) Problem of Induction" because we primarily cover Popper's refutation of induction in C&R Chapter 8. This episode starts our deep dive into answering the question "What is the difference between a good philosophical explanation and a bad explanation?" To answer that question we go over Karl Popper's "On the Status of Science and of Metaphysics" from his book Conjectures and Refutations Chapter 8. In this chapter Popper first explains why he believes 'there is no such thing as induction' (from page 18 of Logic of Scientific Discovery) by offering his historical and logical refutation of induction. In this episode we go over Popper's refutation of induction in chapter 8 of C&R in detail and then compare it to Tom Mitchell's (of Machine Learning fame) argument of the 'futility of bias free learning.' We show that Mitchell's and Popper's arguments are actually the same argument even though Mitchell argues for the existence of a kind of induction as used in machine learning. Bruce argues that the difference is not a conceptual or theoretical difference but just a difference in use of language and that the two men are actually conceptually fully in agreement. This makes machine learning both a kind of 'induction' (though not the kind Popper refuted) and also gives machine learning an interesting and often missed relationship with critical rationalism. Then Bruce asks the most difficult question of all: "Is there anyone out there in the world other than me that is interested in exploring how to apply Karl Popper's epistemology to machine learning like this?" You can find a copy of Mitchell's text here if you want to check out his argument for the futility of bias free learning for yourself. As I mention in the podcast, I'm shocked Critical Rationalists aren't referencing Mitchell's argument constantly because it is so strongly critical rationalist in nature. But the whole textbook is just like this. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/four-strands/support

Practice? Podcast
Episode 280: Episode 5 (Reprise) - Peter and Dave's Points of View on the Practitioner POV

Practice? Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 39:49


Among the 32 Conjectures on why your practice matters in On Practice as a Way of Being is how Practice is perceptual and perspectival. What the person sees in moments of doing is what is acted upon (no matter what observers like Vaill and Fearon think is real). Listen to them form their points of view on points of view back in 2019. 

Human Nurture
Deliberate Practice and Emotion-Focused Therapy- Empathic Conjectures

Human Nurture

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 58:16


You can also watch this webinar on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UgGAl4fq5KY  

Increments
#71 (C&R, Chap 19) - The History of Our Time: An Optimist's View, Part I

Increments

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 72:50


Back to the Conjectures and Refutations series, after a long hiatus! Given all that's happening in the world and the associated rampant pessimism, we thought it would be appropriate to tackle Chapter 19 - A History of Our Time: An Optimist's View. We get through a solid fifth of the chapter, at which point Ben and Vaden start arguing about whether people are fundamentally good, fundamentally bad, or fundamentally driven by signalling and incentives. And we finally answer the all-important question on everyone's mind: Does Adolf Eichmann support defunding the police? Banal Lives Matter. We discuss Thoughts on the recent Trump assasination attempt How can Popper be an optimist with prophesying about the future? The scarcity value of optimism Russell's view that our intellectual development has outrun our moral development Relationship of this view to the orthogonality thesis Popper's competing view that our troubles arise because we are good but stupid How much can incentives compel us to do bad things? How easy it for humans to really be led by the nose Ben's experience during the summer of 2020 References Conjectures and Refutations () Orthogonality thesis (https://www.lesswrong.com/tag/orthogonality-thesis) Eichmann in Jerusalem (https://www.amazon.com/Eichmann-Jerusalem-Banality-Penguin-Classics/dp/0143039881) by Hannah Arendth Adam Smith's thought experiment about losing a pinky (https://www.adamsmithworks.org/speakings/moral-sentiments-active-and-passive) Radiolab episode, "The Bad Show" (https://radiolab.org/podcast/180092-the-bad-show) Quotes Now I come to the word ‘Optimist'. First let me make it quite clear that if I call myself an optimist, I do not wish to suggest that I know anything about the future. I do not wish to pose as a prophet, least of all as a historical prophet. On the contrary, I have for many years tried to defend the view that historical prophecy is a kind of quackery. I do not believe in historical laws, and I disbelieve especially in anything like a law of progress. In fact, I believe that it is much easier for us to regress than to progress. Though I believe all this, I think that I may fairly describe myself as an optimist. For my optimism lies entirely in my interpretation of the present and the immediate past. It lies in my strongly appreciative view of our own time. And whatever you might think about this optimism you will have to admit that it has a scarcity value. In fact the wailings of the pessimists have become somewhat monotonous. No doubt there is much in our world about which we can rightly complain if only we give our mind to it; and no doubt it is sometimes most important to find out what is wrong with us. But I think that the other side of the story might also get a hearing. And whatever you might think about this optimism you will have to admit that it has a scarcity value. In fact the wailings of the pessimists have become somewhat monotonous. No doubt there is much in our world about which we can rightly complain if only we give our mind to it; and no doubt it is sometimes most important to find out what is wrong with us. But I think that the other side of the story might also get a hearing. We have become very clever, according to Russell, indeed too clever. We can make lots of wonderful gadgets, including television, high-speed rockets, and an atom bomb, or a thermonuclear bomb, if you prefer. But we have not been able to achieve that moral and political growth and maturity which alone could safely direct and control the uses to which we put our tremendous intellectual powers. This is why we now find ourselves in mortal danger. Our evil national pride has prevented us from achieving the world-state in time.To put this view in a nutshell: we are clever, perhaps too clever, but we are also wicked; and this mixture of cleverness and wickedness lies at the root of our troubles. My first thesis is this. We are good, perhaps a little too good, but we are also a little stupid; and it is this mixture of goodness and stupidity which lies at the root of our troubles. The main troubles of our time—and I do not deny that we live in troubled times—are not due to our moral wickedness, but, on the contrary, to our often misguided moral enthusiasm: to our anxiety to better the world we live in. Our wars are fundamentally religious wars; they are wars between competing theories of how to establish a better world. And our moral enthusiasm is often misguided, because we fail to realize that our moral principles, which are sure to be over-simple, are often difficult to apply to the complex human and political situations to which we feel bound to apply them. (All Popper) “The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.” - EO Wilson Socials Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link Help us calibrate our credences and get exclusive bonus content by becoming a patreon subscriber here (https://www.patreon.com/Increments). Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover our lack of cash donations here (https://ko-fi.com/increments). Click dem like buttons on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_4wZzQyoW4s4ZuE4FY9DQQ) What do Benny Chugg and Adolf Eichmann have in common? I mean, what don't they have in common? Tell us over at incrementspodcast@gmail.com.

The Theory of Anything
Episode 89: Tradition as a Source of Knowledge: Popper vs. Chesterton

The Theory of Anything

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024 86:19


This week we discuss the book Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton (1908), perhaps the most famous defense of the Christian tradition. We contrast this with Karl Popper's talk, “Towards a Rational Theory of Tradition” (1948), from his collection of essays, Conjectures and Refutations. We consider: What is the role of tradition in science and knowledge? Is there a relationship between liberalism and Christianity? Is Chesterton actually a rationalist? What are the paradoxes of Christianity? Is there a link between madness and rationality? Follow us on Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/bnielson01⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/four-strands/support

Echoes From The Void
Echo Chamber - 323 - Part Two (The Stix)

Echoes From The Void

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 105:46


YO, I have been eagerly waiting to drop this one, people, trust me! In 'Part TWO' of this week's @EchoChamberFP https://www.instagram.com/echochamberfp/ we're coming with crazy insight!!! It's all thanks to Kelli McNeil-Yellen, who came with this gripping crime story, and hooked up a sit-down with the writer / director, who's basically an architect. He's laid the foundation for a sprawling universe, so, being able to break that down, find out the impetus for it all, and get into the implementation. At its core is community, and building an infrastructure, but you should hear it for yourselves!!! Watch the conversation: HERE! https://youtu.be/OjAwoPHcru8 'The Stix' is written & directed by Jaron Lockridge. Narcotics investigators (Everett Anderson, Nichole Tate-Jackson, John Dylan Atkins & Jeff Haltom) with a sheriff's office in rural West Tennessee pursue a local kingpin (Darnail Lanton) who's dealing with mutiny within his organization. In 'Part Two' we have: The Stix Watch Review: Here. https://youtu.be/MaLasTUei7A Memphis, Tennessee, World Premiere: 28th March 2024 Digital Release Date: 28th June 2024 Director: Jaron Lockridge Cast: Jeff Haltom, Visionz2turnt, Mike Love, Ketrick Copeland, Everett Anderson, Ebony Bivens, Tee Harris, Jessica Taylor, John Dylan Atkins, Nichole Tate-Jackson, Bj Arnold, Steve Haltom, Wyndie Oliver, Antwon Burchett, Vernell Woods, Darnail Lanton, Katrina Kelly Credit: Misguided Perceptions Media Group Genre: Crime, Drama Running Time: 123 min Cert: 15 Trailer: Here. https://youtu.be/kjGZWy1wBys Digital Platforms: Apple TV, Prime Video, YouTube, Google, Vudu, Vubiquity, Cox, and Comcast Watch via Apple TV+: Here. Watch via Prime Video: Here. Watch via Prime Video UK: Here. Website: Here. https://misguidedperceptions.net/thestix Instagram: @thestixuniverse https://www.instagram.com/thestixuniverse/?hl=en-gb Watch 'The Stix' web series via Prime Video: Here. https://www.amazon.com/Conjecture/dp/B07RJW5LWN/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+stix&qid=1557360402&s=instant-video&sr=1-1 ------------ *(Music) 'The Big Payback' (Instrumental) by EPMD - 2020 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eftv/message

This Is Important
Ep 201: Just A Whole Lot Of Conjecture

This Is Important

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 63:19 Transcription Available


ToKCast
Ep 207: Variations on a Conjecture

ToKCast

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 26:47


If you are distracted by, or simply prefer a version without, the background music - you can find that here: https://youtu.be/xSbqTTs1nl0   My preferred version is here: https://youtu.be/2IneL4VpShE as there are some helpful (though not essential) visuals. This is about knowledge creation and the the commonalities between the two forms known (evolution (by natural selection) and explanatory) and the differences between them. It teases out and synthesises some of the work of Darwin, Popper and Deutsch on these matters of what creativity means. I also consider the place of prediction and prophecy and the "urge" to know what the future will hold. This is sometimes the dividing line between optimism and pessimism. You can support this ongoing exercise in optimism, exposition and encouraging rapid progress by following the links here: https://www.bretthall.org/ Thankyou for any and all support. Know it is much appreciated.

Plus podcast – Maths on the Move
The murmuration conjecture: finding new maths with AI

Plus podcast – Maths on the Move

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 17:30


Artificial intelligence is changing our lives. Many of us use the voice activated features on our phones to recognise, understand and fairly complex speech. Students use ChatGPT to do their homework. And doctors use AI algorithms to help diagnose many diseases from medical data. But how is AI changing the lives of mathematicians? In this podcast we speak to Yang-Hui He from the London Institute of Mathematical Sciences about his recent work on the evocatively titled murmuration conjecture. This exciting new conjecture came about due to both artificial and human intelligence, and reveals patterns in the prime numbers that look like flocks of birds.   A murmuration of starlings. Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.   We were speaking to Yang as part of our coverage of the research programme, Black holes: bridges between number theory and holographic quantum information, held at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences  in Cambridge.  The programme  brought together a fascinating array of experts in black holes and quantum theory, with mathematicians and computer scientists. You can read more in our coverage of the programme here. This content was produced as part of our collaboration with the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences (INI) – you can find all the content from our collaboration here. The INI is an international research centre and our neighbour here on the University of Cambridge's maths campus. It attracts leading mathematical scientists from all over the world, and is open to all. Visit www.newton.ac.uk to find out more.

Sequences Magazine
Sequences Podcast No 251

Sequences Magazine

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2024 178:53


As they say, better late than never. We are really busy with other non-related music works and are shortly getting ready to sell our property in Australia and business here before returning to the UK permanently. Just five bands and musicians are making their debut on Sequences. We hear about the new project by ex-Tangerine Dream member Johannes Schmoelling and sound design luminary Kurt Ader! With their second album, Hydragate, s475e, which composes and produces electronic music combining ambient and “classical” electronic music with progressive elements. The unusually named seven-piece band Godspeed You Black Emperor uses guitars, violins, drums, glockenspiel, etc.; their album is about all of us waiting for the end. Giants of Discovery is a UK electronic artist of Victorian cosmic horror, Greek mythology, and modular soundscapes, with Alex Bell's contribution to Tone Science no 9, polyrhythmic synth sequences dancing in spring reverb tape echo and modern glitches. Download Bios no 251 https://we.tl/t-6QnMhxVy7X Playlist No 251 02.15 Walter Holland ‘The Marriage Of Heaven And Earth' (album The Sketch Book Of Max Ernst) https://walterholland.bandcamp.com 09.54 REMY & Dacker ‘Into The ABYSS'(album Live at BYSS) https://remystroomer.bandcamp.com 23.47 Paul Ellis ‘Quantum Entanglement' (album The Haunted Afternoon) *** https://paulellis.bandcamp.com/album/the-haunted-afternoon 33.41 Billy Denk 'Shadow Walk' (album Meditations Of The Cosmos) https://wayfarerrecords.bandcamp.com/ 38.31 Billy Denk ‘To Be Alive' 42.53 Lisa Bella Donna ‘Live at Mershon Auditorium' (album Total Eclipse) *** https://lisabelladonna.bandcamp.com 50.17 State Azure ‘Scanner' (album Tone Science Module No 9: Theories & Conjectures) https://dinrecords.bandcamp.com 58.03 Alex Ball ‘Adaption' (album Tone Science Module No 9: Theories & Conjectures) 01.03.32 Erik Wøllo ‘Equator' (album Crossing The Equator) https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com 01.10.02 Erik Wøllo ‘Then Now' 01.15.02 Michael Stearns ‘Morning' (Morning Jewel Remastered) *** www.projekt.com 01.25.46 Max Corbacho 'Soul Friend' (album The Delicate Essence Of Solitude) https://maxcorbacho.bandcamp.com 01.34.22 SAW ‘Masters Of Time' (album Hydragate) https://www.groove.nl/shop/s-a-w-schmoelling-ader-waters-hydragate/?v=6cc98ba2045f 01.39.58 SAW ‘Human Greed' 01.44.06 Ginkgo Garden ‘Terra Arcanum Part 2' (album Wrapped In Mystery) www.bscmusic.com 01.49.58 Ginkgo Garden ‘Trade Winds In The Sails' 01.53.53 Ginkgo Garden ‘Wrapped In Mystery' 01.59.14 Sophos ‘Uranienborg' (album Ignis Sequentia Live At Artlab & Dunepark) https://uliseslabaronnie-music.bandcamp.com/album/ignis-sequentia 02.07.16 Christopher Alvarado ‘Arboreal' (album Arborreal) https://thismusicplantstrees.bandcamp.com 02.14.58 s475e ‘Sector' (EP Next Stop Earth) https://s475e.bandcamp.com 02.18.45 Lightwave ‘Cités Analogues Part 2'(album Cities Analogues) *** https://lightwave-musique.bandcamp.com/album/cit-s-analogues 02.30.27 Michael Neil ‘Remembrance' (album Beyond Horizons) https://michaelneil.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-horizons 02.34.24 Michael Neil ‘The Light Within' 02.40.28 Giants Of Discovery ‘The Film Of Your Life' (album Mundos Imaginalis) https://giantsofdiscovery.bandcamp.com 02.44.51 Godspeed You! Black Emperor ‘Fire At Static Valley' (album G_d ' s Pee AT STATE ' S END!) https://godspeedyoublackemperor.bandcamp.com/album/g-d-s-pee-at-state-s-end 02.50.25 Steve Jolliffe (album Zankintera) *** https://stevejolliffe.uk Edit ***

The Nations of Canada
Episode 193: Everywhere is Conjecture

The Nations of Canada

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 40:49


Ottawa's plans for expansion in the northwest meet resistance on the Red River.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

Future Commerce  - A Retail Strategy Podcast
[DECODED] Conjectures and Commerce

Future Commerce - A Retail Strategy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024 52:00


Is the “path of least resistance” a universally true experience? Do all customers experience resistance the same way? In this episode, Rishabh Jain and Rabah Rahil from Fermát explore this idea through the legacy of polymathic thinker Pierre de Fermat, who pioneered the principle of least time in the 1660s.Forging ‘desire paths'{00:20:48} “In the nondeterministic consumer world, you have millions and millions and millions of opportunities to screw up a test with a customer because they don't behave in a controlled way.” - Phillip{00:25:55} “I think, you know, there's a saying where it's like the future's already here. It's just unevenly distributed. This already happens. And the place this happens is in B2B.” - Rishabh{00:47:06} “The website is turning into the business card...I think zero-click commerce is going to be the path.” - RabahKey TakeawaysWhile the “path of least resistance” is a maxim in conversion rate optimization, optimization is highly personal to the customer and their motives. The nature of CRO will evolve with more 1-1 personalized and ephemeral experiences.The ‘website' as a monolith is a construct of search engine optimization. In the coming future, the rise of constellation sites allows for personalized customer experiences.Brand roles and channels will need to adapt as privacy changes shape the future of web commerce. Zero-click commerce could bea future of online shopping. The website model is evolving, and multiple user experiences and types of interfaces will become a norm.Associated Links:Learn more about Rishabh Jain and FERMÀTCheck out Trekonomics by Manu SaadiaHave you checked out our YouTube channel yet?Subscribe to Insiders and The Senses to read more about what we are witnessing in the commerce worldListen to our other episodes of Future CommerceHave any questions or comments about the show? Let us know on futurecommerce.com, or reach out to us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn. We love hearing from our listeners!

Machine Learning Street Talk
Connor Leahy - e/acc, AGI and the future.

Machine Learning Street Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2024 79:34


Connor is the CEO of Conjecture and one of the most famous names in the AI alignment movement. This is the "behind the scenes footage" and bonus Patreon interviews from the day of the Beff Jezos debate, including an interview with Daniel Clothiaux. It's a great insight into Connor's philosophy. At the end there is an unreleased additional interview with Beff. Support MLST: Please support us on Patreon. We are entirely funded from Patreon donations right now. Patreon supports get private discord access, biweekly calls, very early-access + exclusive content and lots more. https://patreon.com/mlst Donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=K2TYRVPBGXVNA If you would like to sponsor us, so we can tell your story - reach out on mlstreettalk at gmail Topics: Externalized cognition and the role of society and culture in human intelligence The potential for AI systems to develop agency and autonomy The future of AGI as a complex mixture of various components The concept of agency and its relationship to power The importance of coherence in AI systems The balance between coherence and variance in exploring potential upsides The role of dynamic, competent, and incorruptible institutions in handling risks and developing technology Concerns about AI widening the gap between the haves and have-nots The concept of equal access to opportunity and maintaining dynamism in the system Leahy's perspective on life as a process that "rides entropy" The importance of distinguishing between epistemological, decision-theoretic, and aesthetic aspects of morality (inc ref to Hume's Guillotine) The concept of continuous agency and the idea that the first AGI will be a messy admixture of various components The potential for AI systems to become more physically embedded in the future The challenges of aligning AI systems and the societal impacts of AI technologies like ChatGPT and Bing The importance of humility in the face of complexity when considering the future of AI and its societal implications Disclaimer: this video is not an endorsement of e/acc or AGI agential existential risk from us - the hosts of MLST consider both of these views to be quite extreme. We seek diverse views on the channel. 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:56 Connor's Philosophy 00:03:53 Office Skit 00:05:08 Connor on e/acc and Beff 00:07:28 Intro to Daniel's Philosophy 00:08:35 Connor on Entropy, Life, and Morality 00:19:10 Connor on London 00:20:21 Connor Office Interview 00:20:46 Friston Patreon Preview 00:21:48 Why Are We So Dumb? 00:23:52 The Voice of the People, the Voice of God / Populism 00:26:35 Mimetics 00:30:03 Governance 00:33:19 Agency 00:40:25 Daniel Interview - Externalised Cognition, Bing GPT, AGI 00:56:29 Beff + Connor Bonus Patreons Interview

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 7, 2024 is: conjecture • kun-JEK-cher • verb Conjecture is a formal synonym of the verb guess that means “to form an opinion or idea without proof or sufficient evidence.” // Some scientists have conjectured that Jupiter's moon Europa could sustain life. See the entry > Examples: “In the week since the news of the thefts broke, the case has been the subject of heated speculation in the British news media, with daily articles conjecturing over how many artifacts had been lost, and who was responsible.” — Alex Marshall, The New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023 Did you know? Conjecturing—forming an idea or opinion with some amount of guesswork—usually involves more than simply throwing ideas at the wall and seeing what sticks, but that's the gist, and with good etymological reason: conjecture comes ultimately from the Latin verb conicere, which means, literally, “to throw together.” To conjecture is to make an educated guess rather than a stab in the dark; it involves piecing together bits of information to come to a plausible conclusion, as in “scientists conjecturing about the cause of the disease.” As such, conjecture tends to show up in formal contexts rather than informal ones, though we reckon one could conjecture if their spaghetti is perfectly cooked based on the amount of time it has been boiling, and on what has worked in the past. (Nota bene: throwing it at the wall doesn't work!)

Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod.
225: The Goldblum Conjecture

Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2024 72:05


What makes a great tech demo? Besides killer tech, do you need theatricality? Stage presence? The risk of everything exploding at the seams at any moment? This week we look back on a ton of notable tech demos big and small, from the largest Apple and Microsoft stages to people in their living rooms, to reminisce about some of the most exciting reveals and try to locate the exact intersection where earnestness and carnival barking meet to create a truly memorable presentation.Show notes and YouTube links for this ep: https://tinyurl.com/techpod-225-famous-tech-demosOur Xbox 360 deep dive episode: https://techpod.content.town/episodes/183-hiroprotagonist-loves-an-inhale  Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, a monthly bonus episode, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod

The Tom Barnard Show
The Family: The Swift Conjecture - #2497

The Tom Barnard Show

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2024 65:17


Was the Super Bowl fixed this year? Obviously. The question is, has it always been fixed? Now there's a theory we can really conspire to. Kind of like the reason everyone supposedly loves rap. We all know it's bad, but rappers make millions anyway. There's definitely a conspiracy there. We just haven't theorized it yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Quanta Science Podcast
An Old Conjecture Falls, Making Spheres a Lot More Complicated

Quanta Science Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 16:37 Very Popular


The telescope conjecture gave mathematicians a handle on ways to map one sphere to another. Now that it has been disproved, the universe of shapes has exploded. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Slow Burn” by Kevin MacLeod.

Stuff You Missed in History Class
Behind the Scenes Minis: Conjecture and Child Actors

Stuff You Missed in History Class

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2023 16:14


Holly talks about the conjecture about the cause of the Mattoon gas scare. Tracy talks about the arduous nature of picking through the court complaint in the Clifton Star Chamber case. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.