Podcast appearances and mentions of David Marr

When you're looking for a new book, are you ever swayed by the little quotes on the front cover? They might say “Unputdownable!” or "Obsessed!” and they can help books become bestsellers. But one US publisher thinks this “incestuous” practice needs a rethink. Author and radio host David Marr drops by to explain.

With Late Night Live's David Marr.Has the Australian myth of a fair go finally been broken? Are we as divided as ever by class, ethnicity and identity? Join Bob Carr, Rick Morton and Rebecca Huntley in a discussion chaired by Late Night Live's David Marr.Event details:Sat 01 Mar, 2:30pm | East Stage

With David Marr.Despite the promise that we were “all in it together”, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a flight from sociability: life no longer lived in any collective sense but as atomised individuals and a retreat to interiority in the name of self-care and safety. While escape from social life may have been a relief for some, has it exacerbated a neoliberal culture of hyper-individualism, narcissism and alienation? Julia Baird, Geraldine Brooks and Rachel Kushner join a discussion chaired by Late Night Live's David Marr.Event details:Sun 02 Mar, 9:30am | East Stage

With David Marr.Has the rise of leaders like Orbán, Trump and Netanyahu finally put paid to the liberal fantasy that fascism, ultra-nationalism and xenophobia were symptoms of a political malaise consigned to the 19th century? Wesley Lowery and John Crace join Late Night Live's David Marr to discuss the state of the world.Event details:Mon 03 Mar, 2:30pm | East Stage

Tune into an enlightening discussion with Max Bennett as he compares the evolutionary paths of biological systems and AI. Delve into the unique challenges AI faces with incremental learning and understand the evolutionary pressures that sculpt both natural and artificial forms of intelligence. Whether you're a technology enthusiast or just starting to explore this field, this episode promises to deepen your understanding and spark your curiosity about the dynamic interplay between biology and technology. Consider this conversation a must-listen for anyone looking to grasp the complexities of AI and its future potential. For more insights into AI and business transformation, download our latest white paper 'Harnessing AI in Business Transformation Management' – https://url.sap/wt005t Subscribe to Process Transformers on SAP Podcasts – https://podcast.opensap.info/process-transformers/

Humankind stands at a crossroads: will artificial intelligence make us superhumanly productive, liberating us from life's most mundane tasks? Or have we opened Pandora's box, unleashing sentient technology that will eventually destroy us? In a colossal contest of persuasion and wit, two teams of our best and brightest debate whether artificial intelligence is better than the real thing.  Listen and help us decide once and for all who wins in the battle of man vs. machine with team captains Annabel Crabb and David Marr, as they duke it out alongside teammates Matilda Boseley, Rhys Nicholson, Tracey Spicer and Toby Walsh. Presented by Sydney Writers' Festival and supported by UNSW Centre for Ideas.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For many Australians, facing the reality of this country is a task that has proved enduringly difficult, both at a public and a political level. For investigative journalist David Marr, finding the right way to tell the stories that allow us to see the truth of our history is a personal quest and one that has led to his latest book. In this episode of our sister podcast, Read This, Michael talks with David about shame – both personal and national – and why his family agreed that he had to write Killing for Country.

Sean Kelly and David Marr are two of the sharpest minds in the country writing about politics and unflinchingly examining our history and national character. They are both appearing at the Melbourne Writers Festival on the panel discussion Year in Review: Australian Politics with Laura Tingle and Michael Williams to talk about the year in Australian politics and consider what lies ahead.But do they know the marketing tagline for AAMI Insurance?Listen now to find out.Get tickets here:https://mwf.com.au/program/year-in-review-australian-politicsSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Smell is the most underrated of our senses -- and it affects everything. Alex Wiltschko joins Vasant Dhar in episode 81 of Brave New World to discuss the role of smell in our lives -- and in this new digital age. Useful resources: 1. Alex Wiltschko on LinkedIn, Google Ventures, Google Scholar and Twitter. 2. Osmo. 3. Perfumes: The A-Z Guide -- Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez. 4.  Perfume: The Story of a Murderer -- Patrick Suskind. 5. The Mystery of Smell -- Lydialyle Gibson on Sandeep Robert Datta. 6. A novel multigene family may encode odorant receptors: a molecular basis for odor recognition -- Linda Buck and Richard Axel. 7. Metabolic activity organizes olfactory representations -- Wesley W Qian et al (including Alex  Wiltschko.) 8. Hyperbolic geometry of the olfactory space -- Yuansheng Zhou, Brian H Smith & Tatyana Sharpee. 9. Odor Perception and the Variability in Natural Odor Scenes -- Geraldine A Wright and Mitchell G.A. Thomson. 10. The Biological Sense of Smell -- Christine WJ Chee-Ruiter. 11. Also check out the work of Jim DiCarlo, David Marr and Eero Simoncelli. Check out Vasant Dhar's newsletter on Substack. Subscription is free!

With Rachel Perkins | David Marr confronts uncomfortable truths with his customary courage and acuity in a conversation with Rachel Perkins. Supported by the Copyright Agency's Cultural Fund. Event details: Wed 06 Mar, 1:15pm

Kate Grenville, Susan Johnson, Una Mannion and Pip Williams with David Marr | Have you ever wondered what happens during a book tour? Kate Grenville, Susan Johnson, Una Mannion and Pip Williams join chair David Marr to give you the scoop as they share stories from their own book tours across Australia and around the world. Event details: Wed 06 Mar, 3:45pm

With David Marr | In Nicholas Jose's latest novel, East Timor's fight for independence provides the context for a story about the intersection of the personal and the political. He explores with David Marr the pleasure and anxieties of writing a literary thriller. Event details: Tue 05 Mar, 3:45pm

With David Marr | Only Peter Goldsworthy could write a memoir titled The Cancer Finishing School. He explains to David Marr why cancer makes good copy for a writer. Event details: Tue 05 Mar, 10:45am

Support the show to get full episodes and join the Discord community. Peter Stratton is a research scientist at Queensland University of Technology. I was pointed toward Pete by a patreon supporter, who sent me a sort of perspective piece Pete wrote that is the main focus of our conversation, although we also talk about some of his work in particular - for example, he works with spiking neural networks, like my last guest, Dan Goodman. What Pete argues for is what he calls a sideways-in approach. So a bottom-up approach is to build things like we find them in the brain, put them together, and voila, we'll get cognition. A top-down approach, the current approach in AI, is to train a system to perform a task, give it some algorithms to run, and fiddle with the architecture and lower level details until you pass your favorite benchmark test. Pete is focused more on the principles of computation brains employ that current AI doesn't. If you're familiar with David Marr, this is akin to his so-called "algorithmic level", but it's between that and the "implementation level", I'd say. Because Pete is focused on the synthesis of different kinds of brain operations - how they intermingle to perform computations and produce emergent properties. So he thinks more like a systems neuroscientist in that respect. Figuring that out is figuring out how to make better AI, Pete says. So we discuss a handful of those principles, all through the lens of how challenging a task it is to synthesize multiple principles into a coherent functioning whole (as opposed to a collection of parts). Buy, hey, evolution did it, so I'm sure we can, too, right? Peter's website. Related papers Convolutionary, Evolutionary, and Revolutionary: What's Next for Brains, Bodies, and AI? Making a Spiking Net Work: Robust brain-like unsupervised machine learning. Global segregation of cortical activity and metastable dynamics. Unlocking neural complexity with a robotic key 0:00 - Intro 3:50 - AI background, neuroscience principles 8:00 - Overall view of modern AI 14:14 - Moravec's paradox and robotics 20:50 -Understanding movement to understand cognition 30:01 - How close are we to understanding brains/minds? 32:17 - Pete's goal 34:43 - Principles from neuroscience to build AI 42:39 - Levels of abstraction and implementation 49:57 - Mental disorders and robustness 55:58 - Function vs. implementation 1:04:04 - Spiking networks 1:07:57 - The roadmap 1:19:10 - AGI 1:23:48 - The terms AGI and AI 1:26:12 - Consciousness

David Marr is a prolific journalist and writer who has made significant contributions to Australia's conversation around race relations. 

Journalist, David Marr has written a book detailing his ancestors' role on the colonial frontier as part of the Native Police. 

Sydney Pro Palestinian Rally 27th Jan: Dr Sarah Abdo here II Dr Sarah Abdo a specialist doctor and left us with this quote" I grieve for this world that used to sing about humanity and human rights. I cannot believe that we are living in the twenty first century."Recorded by Vivien Langford from the 3cr programme Climate Action Show. Otway Basin Seismic Blasting Update here II Louise Morris, the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) Oil and Gas Campaign Manager, alerts us to the transnational geotechnical company CGG lodgement of plans to conduct seismic blasting in the Otway Basin just kilometres off the coast of the Great Ocean Road and in the calving grounds of the endangered southern right whale. The community objection pharse finishes on 23 February with the AMCS offering submission support.Indigenous & European Divide : Tunnerminnerwait & Maulboyheenner here II Melb City Councillor Olivia Ball speaking at the 182 memorial at the death of the two freedom fighters.Killing for Country here II  a very small piece from the Australia Institute Biggest Book club featuring David Marr (the whole lot will be part of a podcast put out by Australia Institute). His new book explores the involvement of people five generations ago in his family who were part of the Native Police & took part in the Queensland Frontier Wars.Poverty & the Albanese Goverment here II Kristin O'Connell from the Anti Poverty Centre on the cost of living/ stage 3 tax cuts and the Albanese Government 

Louise and Virginia have a conversation about two books with many overlaps, one fiction and one non-fiction, and reflect on the fact that none of this information was taught in the classroom when they were at school.BooksKilling for Country by David MarrEdenglassie by Melissa LukashenkoTV ShowThe Crown – NetflixPodcastsThe Rest is History – Dominic Sandbrook and Tom HollandThe Rest is Entertainment – Richard Osman and Marina Hyde

For many Australians, facing the reality of this country is a task that has proved enduringly difficult, both at a public and a political level. For investigative journalist David Marr, finding the right way to tell the stories that allow us to see the truth of our history is a personal quest and one that has led to his latest book. This week, Michael talks with David about shame – both personal and national – and why his family agreed that he had to write Killing for Country. Reading list: Patrick White: A Life, David Marr, 1991 My Country: Stories, Essays & Speeches, David Marr, 2018 Killing for Country, David Marr, 2023 Septology, Jon Fosse, 2022 The Hummingbird Effect, Kate Mildenhall, 2023 You can find these books and all the others we mentioned at your favourite independent book store. Or if you want to listen to them as audiobooks, you can head to the Read This reading room on Apple Books. Socials: Stay in touch with Read This on Instagram and Twitter Guest: David Marr

For many Australians, facing the reality of this country is a task that has proved enduringly difficult, both at a public and a political level. For investigative journalist David Marr, finding the right way to tell the stories that allow us to see the truth of our history is a personal quest and one that has led to his latest book. This week, Michael talks with David about shame – both personal and national – and why his family agreed that he had to write Killing for Country. Reading list: Patrick White: A Life, David Marr, 1991 My Country: Stories, Essays & Speeches, David Marr, 2018 Killing for Country, David Marr, 2023 Septology, Jon Fosse, 2022 The Hummingbird Effect, Kate Mildenhall, 2023 You can find these books and all the others we mentioned at your favourite independent book store. Or if you want to listen to them as audiobooks, you can head to the Read This reading room on Apple Books. Socials: Stay in touch with Read This on Instagram and Twitter Guest: David Marr

 A gripping reckoning with the bloody history of Australia's 19th century frontier wars. In this riveting book, acclaimed journalist David Marr shares the story of what happened and why, and what it means for Australians today.

For many Australians, facing the reality of this country is a task that has proved enduringly difficult, both at a public and a political level. For investigative journalist David Marr, finding the right way to tell the stories that allow us to see the truth of our history is a personal quest and one that has led to his latest book. This week, Michael talks with David about shame – both personal and national – and why his family agreed that he had to write Killing for Country.Reading list:Patrick White: A Life, David Marr, 1991My Country: Stories, Essays & Speeches, David Marr, 2018Killing for Country, David Marr, 2023Septology, Jon Fosse, 2022The Hummingbird Effect, Kate Mildenhall, 2023You can find these books and all the others we mentioned at your favourite independent book store. Or if you want to listen to them as audiobooks, you can head to the Read This reading room on Apple Books.Socials: Stay in touch with Read This on Instagram and TwitterGuest: David MarrSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For many Australians, facing the reality of this country is a task that has proved enduringly difficult, both at a public and a political level. For investigative journalist David Marr, finding the right way to tell the stories that allow us to see the truth of our history is a personal quest and one that has led to his latest book. This week, Michael talks with David about shame – both personal and national – and why his family agreed that he had to write Killing for Country. Reading list: Patrick White: A Life, David Marr, 1991 My Country: Stories, Essays & Speeches, David Marr, 2018 Killing for Country, David Marr, 2023 Septology, Jon Fosse, 2022 The Hummingbird Effect, Kate Mildenhall, 2023 You can find these books and all the others we mentioned at your favourite independent book store. Or if you want to listen to them as audiobooks, you can head to the Read This reading room on Apple Books. Socials: Stay in touch with Read This on Instagram and Twitter Guest: David Marr

David Marr with the story of his great-great-grandfather Reg Uhr, who led murderous expeditions with the Native Police during Queensland's frontier wars CW: mentions the names of Aboriginal people who have died

While researching his ancestors, journalist and Guardian Australia contributor David Marr discovered some of them were officers in the Native Police, an armed force that committed massacres against Indigenous Australians in the 1880s.He speaks to Jane Lee about how the discovery led him to face his family's ugly past

Acclaimed writer and journalist David Marr speaks in-depth about his new book, Killing for Country: A Family Story, which details Marr's great-great grandfather Reg Uhr's involvement in Australia's frontier wars of the nineteenth century as an officer of the Queensland Native Police. Uhr also recruited his two sons into the Native Police. Marr explains how the dispossession of land and massacres of Aboriginal people occurred and how they fought back. He also explains the historical significance of this story for Australian politics today. Broadcast on 3 October 2023.

Triple R's very own Daniel James and The Monthly's Rachel Withers sit down with Amy to delve into the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, providing an analysis and answer to every question you might have about it before you vote at the upcoming referendum. Daniel James is a Yorta Yorta man, writer, broadcaster, and host of The Mission on 3RRR. Rachel Withers is Contributing Editor of The Monthly and columnist for The Politics. Acclaimed writer and journalist David Marr speaks in-depth about his new book, Killing for Country: A Family Story, which details Marr's great-great grandfather Reg Uhr's involvement in Australia's frontier wars of the nineteenth century as an officer of the Queensland Native Police. Uhr also recruited his two sons into the Native Police. Marr explains how the dispossession of land and massacres of Aboriginal people occurred and how they fought back. He also explains the historical significance of this story for Australian politics today. To celebrate a great year of footy so far and a controversially close AFL Grand Final, Greg Champion, broadcaster, 3RRR alumni, musician, and member of the Coodabeen Champions, comes in with his guitar to chat and sing some old and new footy songs, including a few from his new album, Footy Songs Vol. 4.

Acclaimed writer and journalist David Marr speaks in-depth about his new book, Killing for Country: A Family Story, which details Marr's great-great grandfather Reg Uhr's involvement in Australia's frontier wars of the nineteenth century as an officer of the Queensland Native Police. Uhr also recruited his two sons into the Native Police. Marr explains how the dispossession of land and massacres of Aboriginal people occurred and how they fought back. He also explains the historical significance of this story for Australian politics today.

David Marr III is  familiar name to golf fans.   The son of famous golfer and broadcaster Dave Marr,  David regales us with stories about his dad, the celebrities he grew up surrounded by and his own career in broadcasting at Golf Channel.   If you like hearing about some of the greats of the game, you'll love this episode!

George Pell, who died last week in Rome aged 81, was a towering figure in the Catholic church and Australian political life. But for many ordinary Australians, he epitomised the church's inability to effectively and compassionately deal with victims and survivors of child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy. In this episode of Full Story, Jane Lee talks to David Marr about how Pell gained and wielded power and influence over his lifetime and how he should be remembered

Array Cast - August 19, 2022 Show NotesMany thanks to Marshall Lochbaum, Rodrigo Girão Serrão, Bob Therriault, Conor Hoekstra, Adám Brudzewsky and Romilly Cocking for gathering these links:[01] 00:00:03 BYTE magazine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_(magazine)[02] 00:01:02 Org Mode https://orgmode.org/[03] 00:02:58 Toronto Meet-up https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/programming-languages-toronto-meetup/events/287695788/ New York Meet-up https://www.meetup.com/programming-languages-toronto-meetup/events/287729348/[04] 00:04:19 Morten Kromberg episode https://www.arraycast.com/episodes/episode21-morten-kromberg[05] 00:05:01 Romilly's video 'An Excellent Return' https://dyalog.tv/Dyalog08/?v=thr-7QfQWJw[06] 00:06:12 Ferranti Pegasus computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferranti_Pegasus[07] 00:09:09 System 360 in APL http://keiapl.org/archive/APL360_UsersMan_Aug1968.pdf[08] 00:16:50 Mind Map https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map[09] 00:17:00 Dyalog https://www.dyalog.com/[10] 00:18:20 Digitalk https://winworldpc.com/product/digital-smalltalk/5x[11] 00:18:30 Smalltalk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk[12] 00:21:17 Raspberry Pi https://www.raspberrypi.org/[13] 00:22:10 Robotics on Dyalog website https://www.dyalog.com/blog/2014/08/dancing-with-the-bots/[14] 00:22:45 Neural Network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_network David Marr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Marr_(neuroscientist)[15] 00:23:21 Jetson Nano https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/autonomous-machines/embedded-systems/jetson-nano/[16] 00:23:38 Spiking neural networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiking_neural_network[17] 00:24:02 JAX https://jax.readthedocs.io/en/latest/notebooks/quickstart.html[18] 00:27:00 Numpy https://numpy.org/[19] 00:28:21 Nested arrays https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Nested_array[20] 00:29:07 flip Numpy https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.flip.html flipud https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.flipud.html#numpy.flipud[21] 00:31:07 Pegasus Autocode http://blog.rareschool.com/2014/09/pegasus-autocode-revisited.html[22] 00:32:05 Atlas computer 1966 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(computer)[23] 00:34:30 Raspberry Pi pico https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-pico/[24] 00:36:33 Booker and Morris https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/364520.364521[25] 00:38:12 Romilly's Blog Markdown http://blog.rareschool.com/2022/05/apl-and-python-go-head-to-head.html[26] 00:41:30 Languages that are built from concatenation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agglutination[27] 00:44:30 Alan Kay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kay[28] 00:47:12 Clojure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kay Forth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_(programming_language) Haskell https://www.haskell.org/[29] 00:50:00 Cosy http://www.cosy.com/language/[30] 00:51:38 Py'n'APL https://dyalog.tv/Dyalog21/?v=gOUFXBUMv_A[31] 01:00:12 Logic Analyzer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic_analyzer[32] 01:02:15 Back propagation in neural networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backpropagation[33] 01:07:38 Stefan Kruger 'Learn APL' https://xpqz.github.io/learnapl/intro.html[34] 01:08:10 Rodrigo Girão Serrão videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd_24S_cYacw6zrvws43AWg[35] 01:08:27 João Araújo episode https://www.arraycast.com/episodes/episode33-joao-araujo[36] 01:08:59 Rodrigo Girão Serrão Neural networks https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgTqamKi1MS3p-O0QAgjv5vt4NY5OgpiM[37] 01:10:55 Functional Geekery podcast https://www.functionalgeekery.com/[38] 01:11:36 Conor's Security talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajGX7odA87k[39] 01:12:38 SICP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_and_Interpretation_of_Computer_Programs[40] 01:12:55 Alan McKean Rebecca Wirfs-Brock "Object Design" https://books.google.ca/books?id=vUF72vN5MY8C&printsec=copyright&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false[41] 01:13:35 Growing Object Oriented Guided by Tests http://www.growing-object-oriented-software.com/[42] 01:15:01 Design Patterns vs Anti pattern in APL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7Mt0GYHU9A[43] 01:18:25 Pop2 https://hopl.info/showlanguage.prx?exp=298&language=POP-2 Pop2 on pdf-11 https://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/projects/poplog/retrieved/adrian-howard-pop11.html[44] 01:18:52 Donald Michie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Michie[45] 01:21:30 Menace robot http://chalkdustmagazine.com/features/menace-machine-educable-noughts-crosses-engine/[46] 01:22:05 Menace in APL https://romilly.github.io/o-x-o/an-introduction.html

They are seemingly the three hardest words to say in public life: “I was wrong”. The process of changing minds – individually, collectively and culturally – is made that much harder by a political landscape in which admitting uncertainty, confessing error or revealing a change of heart is actively discouraged. Hear from some of Australia's most respected holders of deep-seated beliefs – David Marr, Jane Caro, Paul McDermott and Marcia Langton – as they each present a short talk on a topic that deepened their learning, evolved their thinking or flat out changed their mind. Hosted by Maddison Connaughton.  If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and subscribe to our channel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A livestream panel event held on 24 May 2022 in the wake of the Australian federal election. Author and journalist David Marr leads a discussion about Australia's refugee policy, with Kaldor Centre Director Jane McAdam AO, author Abbas Nazari, and Guardian Australia journalist Ben Doherty. Abbas Nazari's memoir, 'After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to New Zealand' is published by Allen & Unwin and available from all good bookstores.

Mark is a philosopher of computation and cognitive science at Edinburgh. We start off the conversation exploring why we shouldn't attribute computation to stones and talk about instances of distributed cognition in classical antiquity. Then, we discuss the relationship between functionalism and extended cognition with the paradigmatic example of Otto's notebook and some implications for deep learning researchers. Next off is the famous Chinese Room Argument and how the 'Robot Reply' illustrates the need for embodiment when going from 'cat' syntax to cat semantics. After a quick rendezvous with the frame problem (see also Ep1), Hubert Dreyfus and Heideggerian AI, we move onto predictive coding, David Marr's three levels of analysis and the idea of representation in the brain. We finish off the conversation with some very good reading strategies and why we should all move to Edinburgh. Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (03:04) - Does a stone do computation? (08:16) - Distributed cognition in classical antiquity (20:27) - Functionalism and extended cognition (33:00) - Chinese Room Argument & Robot Reply (45:51) - Frame Problem, Hubert Dreyfus (56:47) - David Marr's Three Levels, Predictive Coding and Representation in the Brain (01:16:14) - Career advice & Why Edinburgh is the best Mark's Website (All of Mark's publications are freely available there - Yay Open Access) https://marksprevak.com/ Clark and Chalmers 1998 paper - The Extended Mind https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-8284.00096 Ballard et al. 1997 paper - Off-loading information onto the environment https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain-sciences/article/deictic-codes-for-the-embodiment-of-cognition/C8A398E8E3785B5B921DD40AA6EA5CEB Rao and Ballard 1999 paper - Predictive Coding https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/dana/nn.pdf Spratling 2008 paper - Predictive Coding https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/neuro.10.004.2008/full My Twitter https://twitter.com/Embodied_AI My LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/akseli-ilmanen-842098181/

In episode 5 of Quantum Consciousness, Justin Riddle answers the question, what is a digital computer? An understanding of how digital computers work is essential to discussing consciousness. Fundamental to the digital computer is the creation of solid states within a universe teeming with quantum fluctuations. Topics for today: Alan Turing's model of a computer, David Marr's three levels of analysis of information processing, the creation and maintenance of solid-states, how digital computation highlights the measurement principle of quantum mechanics, logic gates within central processing units, de-mystifying computer software, and the limitations of automation.

Do we see reality as it is? I discuss this question with Donald Hoffman who is professor emeritus at the University of California, Irvine. He studies consciousness and perception from an evolutionary point of view. His research has led him to make a bold claim that while we do not yet know what the underlying reality could be like. Rather, reality as we know it now – including space, time, and objects – is a useful fiction that evolution invented for us.His TED talk on our perception of reality has been watched over 3 million times, and in his recent pop-science book for the wider audience, The Case Against Reality, he makes a convincing case on how our perceived reality is an illusion that has evolved to help us survive and reproduce.1:46 – Towards building a mathematical understanding perception5:12 – Evolutionary game theory to help understand perception6:26 – Computing truth is expensive, so evolution get rids of it8:00 – Mathematical proof that evolution doesn't tune us to see the truth9:56 – David Marr's ideas and inverse optics11:30 – What are fitness payoffs? Why do they matter? How are they determined?16:23 – Maximizing for truth vs maximizing for winning18:40 – Illusions that show physical reality doesn't exist23:21 – Physical reality not being fundamental as a scientific claim24:23 – Existing physics points to spacetime not being fundamental30:25 – The basics of the interface theory of perception34:40 – We have to guess mathematically the deeper structure of reality38:00 – Model-free planning in reinforcement learning44:45 – Why should we care about what is objective reality?49:20 – How can we use science to go beyond physical reality?56:57 – Reality is a huge social network of conscious agents1:03:41 – Predictions from the mathematics of conscious agents1:09:26 – “We will be able to warp space and time”1:09:35 – Bridging conscious agents to physical reality1:15:32 – How far along have we come in his journey of building a fundamental theory of reality based on consciousness?1:17:31 – Is mathematics part of the underlying reality or is it a useful fiction too?1:30:12 – Does your research on reality and consciousness impact your personal life and beliefs?

David Marr, Senior Sourcing Leader (and LinkedIn member # 1,166,479) riffs on the dos and the don'ts of Networking. We talk about growth in status and how to leverage your day to day networking to help position yourself as an expert in your field (while scaling your business)Here's what we discussed:Brian Fink sings the introDavid Marr - debunks the myths of BS networking and discussing how to network effectively.Paying it forward AKA "Give without expectations"CodeSignal Tech Screen: A better way to evaluate your candidate skills fairly and consistently.

Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to David Marr and Melissa Davey about the high court decision that quashed George Pell's child sexual abuse convictions

The cardinal has failed in his attempt to overturn his conviction for child sexual abuse crimes. Why did two judges reject his appeal and why did the third judge disagree? David Marr and Melissa Davey discuss the case and consider what happens now for George Pell Victim advocates cheer as Pell appeal rejected: ‘Hallelujah – proof there is a God' David Marr: At the verdict George Pell didn't flinch; he just pursed his lips a little. He was going back to jail How to listen to podcasts: everything you need to know

Over two days in Melbourne, lawyers put to the Victorian court of appeal arguments about whether George Pell's convictions should be put aside. David Marr and Melissa Davey highlight the most interesting discussions from the court and ask some key questions: did Pell's defence fail because his team argued it was impossible for the crimes to be committed? Did the prosecution fail to sing the praises of the role of the jury? What must the three judges be thinking? • David Marr: after a train wreck of a day, George Pell's fate hinges on alibi evidence

In an extraordinary sitting of the county court of Victoria, chief judge Peter Kidd sat and delivered a detailed sentence to George Pell for the five counts of child sexual abuse he had been found guilty of. Melissa Davey tells David Marr why this was a ‘masterclass' verdict and brings us the personal accounts of those harmed by Pell's crimes. Read the judge's full sentencing remarks here David Marr: George Pell's jailing defies the might of Rome but his fall is too appalling for celebration

Now that George Pell has been found guilty of child sexual abuse, we can ask ourselves: what does his story tell us about the Catholic church? The rise of Pell, from a country diocese in Australia to the highest ranks of the Vatican, shows us what attitudes and actions find swift promotion in this ancient organisation• David Marr: Brutal and dogmatic, George Pell waged war on sex – even as he abused children• Timeline: the rise and fall of George Pell

In 2018 George Pell found himself in a Melbourne courtroom facing five charges of child sexual abuse. The cardinal had hired one of the top defence barristers in the state, who argued that what Pell was accused of was completely impossible. But at the end of the trial Pell sat impassively as in a hushed courtroom he was found guilty of all charges. How did he lose this case? Melissa Davey sat in on the trial and tells David Marr the details only someone who was in the courtroom would know • David Marr: Brutal and dogmatic, George Pell waged war on sex – even as he abused children • Follow live updates on the reaction to Pell's conviction

Andrew is blown away by David Marr's My Country, Karl journeys ddown the rabbithole of the interactive Black Mirror movie Bandersnatch, plus the sex-obsessed New Zealand poet Hera Lindsay Bird (and the obsessions she inspires) and the brilliantly bleak TV Western Godless. Will you pick Andrew or Karl? The choice is yours - but remember, so are the consequences.  The Clappers is produced by Nearly, a podcast network.   Find a new podcast! The Debrief with Dave O'Neil - Dave gives a comedian a lift home from a gig. 10 Questions with Adam Zwar - The same 10 questions with answers that vary wildly. Scale Up - How does a company go from 5 laptops to 200 staff?   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Marr and Melissa Davey examine the response to the royal commission's final report which was made public on 15 December, including the reaction from senior figures in the Catholic church. The story includes powerful testimony about the long-term impact of abuse from a man who suffered severe sexual and physical assault in a Christian Brothers school, John Hennessey. Warning: some of the material in this podcast is explicit and upsetting The Reckoning, part 1: the road to the commission The Reckoning, part 2: the appalling truth

David Marr and Melissa Davey follow the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse – from the hearings in Ballarat in Victoria, ground zero of Australia's abuse scandal, to a powerful final gathering in Sydney. The story includes evidence from Australia's most notorious child abuser, Gerald Ridsdale, and his victims. Warning: some of the material in this podcast is explicit and upsetting The Reckoning, part 1: the road to the commission Royal commission delivers its final report

At the start of a new series by Guardian Australia, David Marr investigates the background to Australia's unprecedented royal commission on institutional responses to child sexual abuse – investigating a centuries-long story of faith, money, power and abuse. Marr traces the story through the US, Ireland and, eventually, to Australia. He hears from victims, experts and participants in the commission as he investigates: why has the truth taken so long to emerge? Warning: some of the material in this podcast is explicit and upsetting • Why Australia's royal commission on child sexual abuse had to happen – explainer

David Marr explores the unravelling of the child abuse scandal in Australia and across the globe. In a story of ‘faith, power, money and abuse' he investigates the work of the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse, the first inquiry of such a scale anywhere in the world. Warning: some of the material in this podcast is explicit and could be upsetting

In his latest Quarterly Essay, journalist David Marr delves into why Pauline Hanson attracts so much attention. Looking at figures from the last election, Marr also paints a portrait of those voting for One Nation. “The principal characteristics of her followers are this: they're white, they're at least third-generation Australians, they are – unlike most Australians – pessimistic about their own prospects and about the economic prospects of the country. This is a very optimistic country. "They're not all old. About one-third of the people who voted for her in the last election were under 45. They mostly didn't finish school. That didn't mean their lives were wrecked; they went on to get other qualifications. "They are, above all, hostile to immigration. That is the most dramatic thing about them.” Marr says the fear of Islam is at the centre of Hanson's appeal. “If people are not recognising this, they're just not facing facts,” he says. As to Hanson's “star” political status: “Whether she can survive a six-year term as a senator with this kind of lustre is a big question about her – because, on the whole, she doesn't benefit much from prolonged scrutiny – prolonged scrutiny in the political process.”

ThePapaCast-GolfCast kicks off the new PGATour Champions season in Hawaii at The Mitsubishi Electric Championship. Bob talks with his Golf Channel team, Hall of Fame member Lanny Wadkins, John Mahaffey, Billy Ray Brown and David Marr about the 2017 season. Can Bernhard Langer dominate again, new faces to the Tour and much more.