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In the latest edition of Oxford Lives we interview Dr Jim Holt, retired consultant physician and former Director of Studies at Oxford Medical School. Dr Holt has spent most of his professional life in Oxford and has seen vast changes in medical practice. On the eve of his ninetieth birthday, Dr Holt reflects on his long and varied career and provides some forthright opinions on government health policies. We also learn about his time as a Fellow of Linacre College and how he had a substantial role in the setting up of Green College. Essential listening.

Human creativity — whether it's solving a tough problem or writing a novel — is one of our defining traits. It's also deeply mysterious. Where does that creative spark come from?Original Air Date: February 09, 2019Interviews In This Hour: A Neuroscientist and a Novelist Put Creativity Under a Microscope — Is This The Price of Genius? — Alma Mahler: 'Malevolent Muse' or Early Feminist Composer? — Was The Art Worth All The Pain?Guests: Heather Berlin, Siri Hustvedt, Jim Holt, Mary Sharrat, Nathaniel Mary QuinnNever want to miss an episode? Subscribe to the podcast.Want to hear more from us, including extended interviews and favorites from the archive? Subscribe to our newsletter.

FILM FINANCING OPTIONS IN TODAY'S MARKET PGA producer Jim Holt will dive into equity investors, bank loans, pre-sales, and everything in between in this mini version of our finance intensive. (Episode 64) Hosted by Director/Producer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jenn Page.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to be notified when the next accelerator goes live and other fun events fill out the form on our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TheWorkingDirector.Pro.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can also go there to join our private FB group for directors so you can attend these live conversations and get your questions answered; as well as, to learn about The Working Director course that helps emerging filmmakers become working directors faster. MORE ON JAMES: James has 15+ years' experience as a Production and Finance executive. Recently Executive Produced Showdown at the Odessa, starring Terrance Howard and release by Shout Releasing in 2023, and Executive Produced Dangerous, starring Mel Gibson and Scott Eastwood, released by Lionsgate Pictures in 2022. Produced and structured the financing with Vertebra Films. The pictures included Arthur Newman starring Colin Firth and Emily Blunt. The comedy was shot in North Carolina and directed by award winning commercial director, Dante Ariola. Two Eli Roth thrillers, Aftershock, shot in Santiago, Chile, and Clown, shot in Ottawa, Canada. Clown was di-rected by Jon Watts, who recently completed Spiderman “Homecoming”, “Far from Home” and “No Way Home”. The pictures were released by The Weinstein Company and sold internationally by Filmnation. Executive V.P. of production and finance at Winchester Capital Management. Produced and managed the financing for The Men Who Stare at Goats, directed by Grant Heslov. It starred George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Ewan McGregor and Jeff Bridges. The picture premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals. Executive V.P. of production and finance at Samuels Media. Produced and coordinated the financing structure for Michael Clayton. It was directed by Tony Gilroy and starred George Clooney, Tilda Swinton and Tom Wilkerson. The Warner Brothers release earned six Academy Awards nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Tilda Swinton won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Produced In the Valley of Elah directed by Academy Award winner Paul Haggis starring Tommy Lee Jones. Mr. Jones was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in the Warner Independent release. The pictures premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals.

“We help credit union members overcome the financial challenges faced when paying for college.” - Jim HoltThank you for tuning in to The CUInsight Network, with your host, Lauren Culp, President & CEO of CUInsight. In The CUInsight Network, we take a deeper dive with the thought leaders who support the credit union community. We discuss issues and challenges facing credit unions and identify best practices to learn and grow together.My guest on today's show is Jim Holt, Chief Development Officer at Student Choice. Jim shares his career journey that led him to his current role. Student Choice works with credit unions to deliver innovative financing solutions that help members responsibly overcome the challenges of higher education affordability.During our conversation, Jim shares how private student lending can benefit credit unions and their members. He explains the importance of engaging and retaining younger members and how credit unions can do so by offering student loans. Jim shares the opportunities for cross-selling and strengthening member relationships throughout the lifecycle of a private student loan. He discusses the value in offering nontraditional student loans for vocational schools and even pilot training. Listen as Jim talks about the many opportunities for credit unions to provide future-focused funding.As we wrap up the episode, Jim talks about a mentor who helped him early in his career, a bar built by him and his wife, and a tip to attending concerts, but purchasing tickets the day of so they're less expensive. Enjoy my conversation with Jim Holt!Find the full show notes on cuinsight.com.Connect with Jim:Jim Holt, Chief Development Officer at Student Choicecreditunions.studentchoice.orgJim: LinkedInStudent Choice: LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | X

Welcome to The AMSE Science Report. What is nothingness?  Why is there something rather than nothing?  I spoke on our podcast, AMSEcast, with Jim Holt, the author of Why Does the World Exist? An Existential Detective Story, about those mind-bending questions. They have been responded to many ways over the years – answers were found in God, in philosophy, in mathematics. Some say that the universe came into existence due to the laws of quantum physics, but then the whole idea of the nature of laws comes into question.

In this intriguing episode of AMSEcast, Alan is Joined by Jim Holt to discuss the captivating question: Why does the universe exist? Jim Holt, an esteemed author known for his explorations into the depths of existence, navigates through the realms of science, philosophy, and mathematics to seek answers. From the possibilities of nothingness to the complexities of cosmic laws and the mysteries behind the Big Bang, this episode offers a comprehensive yet accessible look into the theories and thoughts that deliberate about the universe's very foundation. Join us on a fascinating journey to explore the existential detective story of our cosmos.

Le grandi scimmie hanno il senso dell'umorismo? Ricercatrici e ricercatori hanno osservato cosa fanno i giovani scimpanzé, bonobo, orango e gorilla tra loro, con i genitori e poi con gli altri adulti. E hanno scoperto che si divertono facendo le stesse cose che fanno i nostri bambini. Questo significa che l'umorismo ci accompagna da almeno 13 milioni di anni. Puntata tutta da ridere in occasione del 5 maggio "Giornata Internazionale della Risata". Pure se Napoleone è morto, poveretto. Con il preziosissimo contributo di Diego Piemontese. Fonti. Il libro "Senti questa. Piccola storia e filosofia della battuta di spirito" di Jim Holt, 2009. L'articolo principale. Una sintesi in inglese. Una sintesi in italiano. Andrea Portaluppi racconta la barzelletta più divertente del mondo secondo un sondaggio di Laughlab barza ideata dal comico britannico Spike Milligan. Per scirvermi: discoscienza@gmail.com Le musiche. “Hammock Fight”, “Golly Gee” e “Gold Rush” sono brani di Kevin MacLeod concessi in uso tramite licenza Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Fonte: http://incompetech.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim Holt Amikor Einstein Gödellel sétált című és a Kirándulás az értelem peremén alcímet viselő kötet kapcsán ült össze Nelhiebel Gábor és Pöltl Oxi Zoltán, hogy kibeszéljék az amerikai szerző közel négyszáz oldalas tanulmánykönyvének első esszéjét. A 180 fok – A kultúra ellenpontjai című podcast ezen adásában elsőként felidézik az Oppenheimer című, idén bemutatott amerikai film azon jelenetét, amikor Einstein és Gödel a Princeton Egyetem parkjában sétál, s csatlakozik hozzájuk Oppenheimer, aki épp az atombomba elkészítésével foglalatoskodik. A diskurzusban kísérlet történik arra nézvést, hogy mennyiben tért el a két tudós személyisége, illetve összevetésre kerül a közöttük lévő jelentős eltérésből fakadó hírnév is. Ekkor kerül terítékre Einstein extrovertált és Gödel introvertált alkata, továbbá az is, hogy a fizikáról alkotott világkép teljes átformálásáért Einstein egyrészt az 1905-ben megkapott fizikai Nobel-díjával, másrészt különc viselkedésével és fura kijelentéseivel valóban amolyan popkulturális ikonná vált, ellentétben a befelé fordult, sokszor betegesen paranoid matematikazsenivel. Az adásban ezután esik szó arról, hogy Jim Holt tanulmánya, a két egymásnak ellentmondó egyéniség legendás barátsága mellett az általuk felfedezett fizikai és matematikai törvényekről is szól, mégpedig olvasmányos, ismeretterjesztő stílusban, valahogy úgy, hogy az átlagember is megértse. (Ennek ellenére mégsem egészen érthető feltétlenül, jegyzik meg a podcastben.) Az újságíró ekkor kéri meg a beszélgetőpartnerét, hogy akkor, itt és most, újra tegyen kísérletet arra, hogy elmagyarázza a relativitás-elméletet. A műsor bizonyos pontján pedig az az állítás is magyarázatra kerül, hogy Newton szerint miért objektív, Einstein szerint pedig miért és hogyan szubjektív az idő. De szóba kerül az időutazás elméleti és gyakorlati problémaköre és Gödel a matematikus zsenialitása, és az egyik legkülönösebb állítása, miszerint: „Egy matematikai formula akkor állja meg a helyét, ha nem bizonyítható.” Mindezekre feltéve a koronát, az adásban felidézik az idő létét tagadó Gödel utolsó szavait: „Ideje menni.”

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Jim Holt, President of Memphis in May joins us to discuss the festivals future. Tom Lee Park has been completely redesigned and will hinder big events like Beale St. Music Festival and the World Championship Barbeque Cooking Competition. Support the show: https://www.newstalk989.com/personalities/memphis-morning-news/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

(September 6, 2022 – Hour One) 9:14pm – Welcome to September and the end of Q3 2022! The year is rapidly coming to a close and the creator of How To BBQ Right is here to talk about hunting season, college and pro football season and some other live fire topics that he has been burning on lately! Malcom Reed is always a great guest and tonight promises to bring a lot more of the same! 9:35pm – After Malcom, I will take the opportunity to run an open segment in order to really cover what is currently happening at the Memphis In May International Festival. About a week ago, I started posting articles and stories that were coming out of Memphis and none of them had a really good tone to them as the relate to what the 2023 version of this event is going to look like. In fact, while the CEO of MIM, Jim Holt, declared that the contest will be back at Tom Lee Park, he also quickly pointed out what a financial disaster this past contest was and how 2023 could be even worse. I will layout the time line , give financial details and also share some official comments from both sides. If you are a fan of this contest, you won't want to miss this segment! BBQ Central Show Sponsors! Big Poppa Smokers Green Mountain Grills Primo Grills David Leans / DoWellness – GET FIT for $200/month) Cookin Pellets Fireboard Smithfield Pit Barrel Cooker The Butcher Shoppe – Save 10% When You Mention “The BBQ Central Show” Bub ‘N Mutha's BBQ Rub Vortic Watch Company

(September 6, 2022 - Hour One) 9:14pm - Welcome to September and the end of Q3 2022! The year is rapidly coming to a close and the creator of How To BBQ Right is here to talk about hunting season, college and pro football season and some other live fire topics that he has been burning on lately! Malcom Reed is always a great guest and tonight promises to bring a lot more of the same! 9:35pm - After Malcom, I will take the opportunity to run an open segment in order to really cover what is currently happening at the Memphis In May International Festival. About a week ago, I started posting articles and stories that were coming out of Memphis and none of them had a really good tone to them as the relate to what the 2023 version of this event is going to look like. In fact, while the CEO of MIM, Jim Holt, declared that the contest will be back at Tom Lee Park, he also quickly pointed out what a financial disaster this past contest was and how 2023 could be even worse. I will layout the time line , give financial details and also share some official comments from both sides. If you are a fan of this contest, you won't want to miss this segment! BBQ Central Show Sponsors! Big Poppa Smokers Green Mountain Grills Primo Grills David Leans / DoWellness - GET FIT for $200/month) Cookin Pellets Fireboard Smithfield Pit Barrel Cooker The Butcher Shoppe - Save 10% When You Mention "The BBQ Central Show" Bub 'N Mutha's BBQ Rub Vortic Watch Company

Jim Holt, President and CEO of Memphis in May says that the general consensus of other festival organizers is that Memphis River Parks Partnership wants the festival out of the park.  Carol Coletta, president and CEO of Memphis River Parks Partnership says Holt's statement a “sad misrepresentation”.  Support the show: https://www.newstalk989.com/personalities/memphis-morning-news/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He's the author of "Why Does the World Exist?", "Stop Me If You’ve Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes," and his latest, "When Einstein Walked with Gödel." I’ve known Jim forever, and he’s rather hard to introduce, but he’s one of the liveliest and rudest conversationalists I’ve ever known, so I thought he’d be a great podcast guest. It’s a bit of a break from the deadly seriousness of the past few weeks. Jim goes at me over “The Bell Curve,” performs a rant desanctifying Hitchens, and discusses quantum mechanics and its current travails. A bit philosophical at first, the whole chat was a trip.  Get full access to The Weekly Dish at andrewsullivan.substack.com/subscribe

In This Podcast, Jim & Stewart Will Demystify the Reality of What It Takes for Today's Companies to Transform Tomorrow's Results. If You're Not Planning Your Future, Someone Else Is….Global Competition for Time, Talent & Treasure Are Changing Faster Than Ever Before So You Can't Afford to Be Left Behind. You Will Ride the Wave in Your Market or Get Crushed By its Force.It's Your Choice…Join Jim & Stewart and their guests for the ride of your life creating your future history!

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 336, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Prisoner 1: Ahmed Ben Bella, first president of this country, was imprisoned in France from 1956-1962. Algeria. 2: On Dec. 8, 1992 a U.S. federal judge in Miami ruled this Panamanian a prisoner of war. Manuel Noriega. 3: His father, John, like his creation Mr. Pickwick, served time in debtor's prison. Charles Dickens. 4: In 1519 this leader of the Aztecs was taken prisoner without resistance. Montezuma. 5: He wrote what would become "Soul on Ice" while incarcerated in Folsom Prison. Eldridge Cleaver. Round 2. Category: Death And Texas 1: Susanna Dickinson and her child were among the few Texan survivors of the 1836 battle at this site in San Antonio. the Alamo. 2: On January 22, 1973 this politician suffered a fatal heart attack near Johnson City, a town founded by an ancestor. Lyndon B. Johnson. 3: His death on Nov. 22, 1963 after riding through Dallas' Dealey Plaza shocked the world. John F. Kennedy. 4: Born in El Paso in 1921, this "Star Trek" creator crossed "the final frontier" in 1991. Gene Roddenberry. 5: J. Frank Dalton was buried in Granbury in 1951, after years of claiming to be this outlaw, who died in 1882. Jesse James. Round 3. Category: Tv Crossovers 1: On April 1, 1997 this "Wheel of Fortune" host guest hosted "Jeopardy!". Pat Sajak. 2: Lara Flynn Boyle of "The Practice" guested on this show and suggested Calista Flockhart eat a cookie. Ally McBeal. 3: On May 3, 1999 Bill Cosby played Hilton Lucas on 4 consecutive sitcoms on this network. CBS. 4: (Hi, I'm Julie Pinson) On "Port Charles", Lynn Herring plays my nemesis Lucy Coe, a role she plays on this other soap. General Hospital. 5: A 1999 episode of "Early Edition" featured Sammo Hung, star of this kung fu cop show. Martial Law. Round 4. Category: Mary, Queen Of Scots, Playmate Of The Month 1: Birth date: Dec. 8, 1542Birthplace: Linlithgow Palace, built by this royal house. Stuart. 2: Height: 5'11".Weight: None of your business, commoner!Hair: This color. red. 3: Ambition: To replace this second cousin on her throne. Elizabeth I. 4: Turn-ons: Poetry, needlework, this branch of Christianity. Catholicism. 5: Turn-offs: Rude subjects, labor pains, climbing this structure (one time only) Feb. 8, 1587. the scaffold. Round 5. Category: The New York Times Magazine 1: Robin Marantz Henig's recent masterful essay on evolutionary biology was titled this 19th century scientist's "God". Charles Darwin. 2: Feb. 2007's "From 0 to 60 to World Domination" explored this Japanese auto company's rise to prominence. Toyota. 3: In March 2007's "Choosing a Sect", Noah Feldman studied the USA's feelings with these 2 main Iraqi Muslim sects. Shi'ite and Sunni. 4: Dec. 2006's "The Lives They Lived" covered the 2006 passings of such notables as this founder and namer of Pink Floyd. Syd Barrett. 5: A new one of these "super" nuclear physics accelerators was the subject of Jim Holt's "Where Protons Will Play". supercollider. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

This episode is covering day 4 part 1 of the Josh Duggar trail.  That means from the start of the day until the lunch break!  This episode will feature prosecution witnesses Clint Bramhm, Jim Holt & Bobye Holt.  The prosecution then rest their case & defense calls their first witness Michelle Bush (forensic expert).  For my research on her & the rest of this case you can purchase the Duggar trial package on TheSoJoFiles.com Warning that, obviously, Bobye Holts testimony (as stated in two other episodes) will be discussing child sexual abuse.If you would like to support the podcast you can donate on Venmo to @TheSoJoFilesTHANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL THE LOVE & SUPPORT YOU ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!! Podcast art by courtroom artist Joelle StoretSupport the show (https://paypal.me/TheSoJoFiles?locale.x=en_US)

In 1987, Australia made a science fiction action movie starring Carrie Fisher. It has robots in it that reminded us of Power Rangers and the Bionicle line of LEGO. The movie is also just a rip-off of The Terminator, which might be because of studio meddling. We talk about all of that in this episode, as well as revealing what year we're covering in 2022! 2022 Announcement is at 1:09:19. Join the Bad Porridge Club on Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each month! https://www.patreon.com/oldiebutagoodiepod Follow the show! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oldiebutagoodiepod/  Facebook: https://fb.me/oldiebutagoodiepod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjfdXHxK_rIUsOEoFSx-hGA  Podcast Platforms: https://linktr.ee/oldiebutagoodiepod  Got feedback? Send us an email at oldiebutagoodiepod@gmail.com Follow the hosts! Sandro Falce - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sandrofalce/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/sandrofalce - Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/SandroFalce/ - Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/kegelandgregmusic  - Nerd-Out Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nerd-out-podcast  Zach Adams - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zach4dams/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZackoCaveWizard Donations: https://paypal.me/oldiebutagoodiepod Please do not feel like you have to contribute anything but any donations are greatly appreciated! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peggy Frith interviews Jim Holt, former Director of Clinical studies for Oxford Medical School, 1 June 2012. Topics discussed include: (00:00:41) university days at St. Andrews; (00:01:53) going to Canada to work at Kingston General Hospital; (00:03:31) returning to Oxford, Nuffield Professors of Medicine, overview of Oxford career; (00:06:43) interest in lymphoma; (00:08:17) differences between Canadian and British medicine in the 1960s; (00:09:22) experience of arriving and working in Oxford; (00:12:07) time as Director of Clinical studies, challenges and enjoyment; (00:18:36) success of Oxford clinical medical school, Green Templeton college, the Nuffield Foundation; (00:29:00) growth of Oxford Medical School; (00:36:45) Tingewick Society; (00:40:34) Holt family labrador trips to the medical wards in Oxford. Note the following sections of audio are redacted: 00:00:00-00:00:13; 00:18:04-00:18:33; 00:34:07-00:35:30.

Derek Hockaday interviews Tony Hope, Professor of Medical ethics and honorary consultant psychiatrist, 6 May 2014. Topics discussed include: (00:00:16) first degree at Oxford prior to Medicine and early academic career; (00:06:58) physiology department, Oxford, and colleagues; (00:09:15) clinical years, including remembering Jim Holt; (00:12:34) interest in psychiatry during house jobs; (00:17:00) the Middlesex Hospital teaching compared to Oxford; (00:18:46) move into psychiatry, the Phoenix Unit at Littlemore Hospital; (00:22:00) diagnosis in psychiatry; (00:23:54) Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; (00:27:40) medical ethics, Sid Bloch, student society The Oxford Medical Forum, developing teaching practice skills in Oxford, change of ethical management of patients in the 1970s; (00:41:45) teaching role in ethics and communications; (00:47:25) assessing success of teaching ethics; (00:51:51) working on dementia; (00:56:55) interaction between hospital and community relating to psychiatry; (01:01:13) Oxford university lectureship; (01:06:58) setting up the Ethox Foundation; (01:09:31) clinical work from 2005 onwards; (01:12:38) ethics research including on anorexia nervosa; (01:18:29) changes in student interest in medical ethics; (01:20:47) publications; (01:21:53) the Oxford Medical Forum; (01:23:47) proudest contribution to clinical work; (01:25:35) final thoughts, the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. Note the following sections of audio are redacted: 00:59:56-1:01:12 and 01:04:54-1:06:58.

Martin Heidegger called this question the most fundamental of all metaphysics:  Why is there something rather than nothing?  As author Jim Holt states, "It's a question so profound it would only occur to a metaphysician, yet so simple it would occur only to a child."Yet is the question valid?  Is something/nothing an either/or proposition?  Or as contemporary philosopher Robert Nozick states it, "So why is there something from nothing? There isn't. There's both."This question can be addressed in four different ways:     1) It's the will of God (Leibniz)     2) Existence is a brute fact and does not need a reason (Russell).       3) Quantum particles can pop into existence from nowhere (Krause).     4) It is a false dilemma - both something and nothing co-exist (Hegel) This podcast episode explores.  

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Doc Holliday uses this week’s show to encourage lovers of freedom and liberty that we can have hope in the future. Doc uses clips from a conversation between Mike Lindell of My Pillow fame and the Gateway Pundits’ Jim Holt on the 100% Fed Up show.  Mike Lindell has some fascinating announcements about what the future […] The post To Know the Future Look at “We the People” appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Doc Holliday uses this week’s show to encourage lovers of freedom and liberty that we can have hope in the future. Doc uses clips from a conversation between Mike Lindell of My Pillow fame and the Gateway Pundits’ Jim Holt on the 100% Fed Up show.  Mike Lindell has some fascinating announcements about what the future […] The post To Know the Future Look at “We the People” appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Doc Holliday uses this week’s show to encourage lovers of freedom and liberty that we can have hope in the future. Doc uses clips from a conversation between Mike Lindell of My Pillow fame and the Gateway Pundits’ Jim Holt on the 100% Fed Up show.  Mike Lindell has some fascinating announcements about what the future […] The post To Know the Future Look at “We the People” appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Doc Holliday uses this week’s show to encourage lovers of freedom and liberty that we can have hope in the future. Doc uses clips from a conversation between Mike Lindell of My Pillow fame and the Gateway Pundits’ Jim Holt on the 100% Fed Up show.  Mike Lindell has some fascinating announcements about what the future […] The post To Know the Future Look at “We the People” appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Why does the universe exist? And is that even a sensical question to ask? Philosopher Jim Holt has written extensively for publications such as the New Yorker, the New York Times and Harper's, and most recently embarked on this "existential detective story" in his new book, "Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story" Jim discusses his book with Massimo and Julia in this live episode of Rationally Speaking, taped at the 2013 Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism in New York City. Sped up the speakers by ['1.0', '1.13']

As promised, Kathrin and Roberta sit down for another fantastic conversation, this time diving into the intersection of hope and cynicism, what forgiveness means, and why each person deserves the chance to make their own choice about forgiving someone who has caused harm.While both Roberta and Kathrin share stories during their conversation, each one humorous and poignant in turn, Roberta reflects on the story she’d shared as a clinical facilitator at Wellness Retreats provided by the Ministering to Ministers foundation. As the friendship between Roberta and Kathrin grows during this episode, they invite you to join them. Welcome, friend. It’s great to have you with us for the journey.Some links to share:Why Memorizing Stuff Can Be Good for You (Forbes, by Natalie Wexler, 2019)Memorizing Poetry: Why You Should Be Memorizing Poetry (Medium, by Benya Clark, 2018)Got Poetry (by Jim Holt, New York Times, 2009) The origins of cynicism: TedEx video: https://youtu.be/Utzym1I_BiY One perspective on cynicism from The School of Life (Here is the link to The School of Life YouTube channel.) Sources about the Jerzy Bielcki & Cyla Cybulska story:From Haaretz: Former Inmate Recalls Daring, Romantic Escape from AuschwitzFrom The New York Times: Jerzy Bielecki Dies at 90 Fell in Love in a Nazi CampFrom Yadvashem, The Stories of Six Righteous Among the Nations From Keene State College, Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Roberta’s Website: RobertaDamon.meBooks authored by Roberta:A Voice Beyond WeepingDear Mrs. Noah: Letters to Unnamed Women of the BibleRoberta’s Introduction to Dear Mrs. Noah on YouTubeDear Abishag: Letters to Little Known Women of the BibleTheirs Is the KingdomRoberta M. Damon, PhD, recipient of the Ministering to Ministers’ Campbell-Wallace Award Interested in Contacting Roberta? Send her a note here. Also:Lewis B. Smedes’ book, Forgive & Forget, Healing the Hurts We Don’t Deserve Many thanks to Ministering to Ministers, who produce and support this podcast. Please check out the resources available through this fantastic foundation:Ministering to Mi

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Odkiaľ sa vzala celá naša realita? Vznikol vesmír z ničoho a náhodou? Čo o tom dokáže povedať moderná veda a filozofia? O tom, prečo je niečo a nie nič, diskutujú Jaro a Jakub.----more----V rozhovore sme spomenuli:Sean Carroll a jeho podcast Mindscape: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/Lawrence Krauss a jeho kniha A Universe from Nothing (2012)Jim Holt a jeho kniha Proč existuje svět? Existenciálně detektivní pátrání (2014)***Ak sa vám naše diskusie páčia a sú pre vás myšlienkovo podnetné, budeme vďační, ak ich tvorbu podporíte jednorazovým alebo pravidelným darom na SK15 8360 5207 0042 0502 4979. Ďakujeme! 

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The Time Guardian (1987). Written by John Baxter and Bryan Hannant, directed by Brian Hannant. Starring Tom Burlinson, Nikki Coghill, Carrie Fisher, Dean Stockwell, Peter Merrill, Tim Robertson, Thye Liew Wan and Jim Holt. Callum kicks off our Dealer's Choice season with popular always-on-the-video-rental-shelf The Time Guardian. Has this time-travel adventure withstood the trip from 1987 to 2020? Is there a reason we're not enjoying the Time Guardian Expanded Universe to this day, or was that predestination? The Time Guardian at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094152/ The Time Guardian at OzMovies: https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/time-guardian The Time Guardian available at Rare Films on DVD: https://www.rarefilmsondvd.com/product-page/the-time-guardian-1987-dvd

On this episode, Shelby County Board of Commissioners Chairman, Mark Billingsley is joined by Jim Holt, President and CEO of Memphis in May International Festival. as they discuss: The cancellation of Memphis In May in 2020 due to COVID-19. The positive impact Memphis in May has on touring in Memphis and Shelby County. The reasons behind the decision to cancel Memphis In May rather than attempt a virtual festival. The plans and preparation for Memphis In May in 2021.

In seinem neusten Essay-Band zeigt der Wissenschaftsjournalist Jim Holt seine Gabe, auch komplizierteste wissenschaftliche Zusammenhänge spannend zu erzählen - mit zahlreichen Anekdoten und viel Witz. Von Arno Orzessek www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Buchkritik Hören bis: 19.01.2038 04:14 Direkter Link zur Audiodatei

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HAPPY NATIONAL NOTHING DAY! Join us as we celebrate the vast emptiness of the lack of anything. Today we're celebrating with writer and fellow fan of nothing Norm Quarrinton (Twitter: @NormanQ)!! LET'S PARTY!! Find Holiday Party online – Patreon: patreon,com/HOLIDAYPARTY Twitter: @HOLIDAYPARTYPOD / Instagram: HOLIDAYPARTYPODCAST / Facebook: @HOLIDAYPARTYPODCAST / HOLIDAYPARTYPODCAST.COM Find Alyssa – Twitter: @alyssapants / alyssapants.com Find Disa – Spotify: open.spotify.com/user/1243777842 SHOW NOTES History/Fun facts about the topic How do we define “nothing”? (What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of “nothing”?) An article from Vice summarizes this conundrum pretty well. “Nothing is a concept so deceptively simple that it inhabits the strange intersection of science, philosophy, and language itself. Like a child asking “Why?” to the point of absurdity, trying to get to the bottom of this problem can be pretty frustrating” “‘Nothing’, used as a pronoun subject, is the absence of a something or particular thing that one might expect or desire to be present (“We found nothing”, “Nothing was there”) or the inactivity of a thing or things that are usually or could be active (“Nothing moved”, “Nothing happened”). As a predicate or complement “nothing” is the absence of meaning, value, worth, relevance, standing, or significance (“It is a tale/Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,/ Signifying nothing”; “The affair meant nothing”; “I’m nothing in their eyes”).  Grammatically, the word “nothing” is an indefinite pronoun, which means that it refers to something. According to cute-calendar.com, “one might argue that ‘nothing’ is a concept, and since concepts are things, the concept of “nothing” itself is a thing. Many philosophers hold that the word “nothing” does not function as a noun, as there is no object to which it refers.” “Nothingness” is a philosophical term for the general state of nonexistence, sometimes reified as a domain or dimension into which things pass when they cease to exist or out of which they may come to exist, e.g. God is understood to have created the universe ex nihilo, “out of nothing”. Creatio ex nihilo is one of the most common themes in ancient myths and religions Western philosophy has been obsessing over “nothingness” for a  very long time. To avoid linguistic traps over the meaning of “nothing”, philosophers will often use a phrase such as not-being to make clear what is being discussed One of the earliest Western philosophers to consider nothing as a concept was Parmenides, a Greek philosopher of the monist school who lived in the 5th century BC. He reasoned that “nothing” cannot exist because to speak of a thing, one has to speak of a thing that exists. Since we can speak of a thing in the past, this thing must still exist (in some sense) now. From this, he concludes that there is no such thing as change, there can be no such things as coming-into-being, passing-out-of-being, or not-being Parmenides was an influence for other philosophers such as Socrates and Plato, though Aristotle shrugged him off, concluding, “Although these opinions seem to follow logically in a dialectical discussion, yet to believe them seems next door to madness when one considers the facts.”  Aristotle provided an escape from the logical problem posed by Parmenides by distinguishing things that are matter and things that are space. In this scenario, space is not “nothing” but, rather, a receptacle in which objects of matter can be placed. The true void (as “nothing”) is different from “space” and is removed from consideration.  This characterization of space reached its pinnacle with Isaac Newton who asserted the existence of absolute space. Rene Descartes, however, espoused an argument similar to Parmenides, which denied the existence of space. For Descartes, there was matter, and there was extension of matter leaving no room for the existence of “nothing.” In modern times, Albert Einstein’s concept of spacetime has led many scientists, including Einstein himself, to adopt a position remarkably similar to Parmenides. On the death of his friend Michelle Besso, Einstein consoled his widow with the words, “Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of time. That signifies nothing. For those of us that believe in physics, the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.”  Existentialists really like to spend a lot of time considering ‘nothing.’ “The most prominent figure among the existentialists is Jean-Paul Sartre, whose ideas in his book Being and Nothingness are heavily influenced by Being and Time of Martin Heidegger, although Heidegger later stated that he was misunderstood by Satre.  Sartre defines two kinds of “being” or etre. One kind is etre-en-soi, the brute existence of things such as a tree. The other kind is etre-pour-soi which is consciousness. Sartre claims that this second kind of being is “nothing” since consciousness cannot be an object of consciousness and can possess no essence. Sartre uses this conception of nothing as the foundation of his atheist philosophy, since equating nothingness with being leads to creation from nothing. Hence, God is no longer needed for there to be existence Modern day philosopher Jim Holt describes nothingness as “a state in which everything is not self-identical. If for all x, x is unequal to x; that sentence in logic describes a state of nothingness. It doesn’t help the imagination, but it doesn’t give rise to any contradictions. It can only be true if nothing exists, because if anything exists, it equals itself.” He also contends that, “Nothing is the simplest way that reality could turn out; it’s the least arbitrary, because it excludes everything. Once you take that seriously, you begin to think, ‘That’s how it should have been; why should there be something rather than nothing?’” Of course, the understanding of ‘nothing’ varies between cultures. In some Eastern philosophies, the concept of “nothingness” is characterized by an egoless state of being in which one fully realizes one’s own small part in the cosmos.  Sunyata, or emptiness, is considered a state of mind in some forms of Buddhism--achieving ‘nothing’ in this tradition allows one to be totally focused on a thought or activity at a level of intensity that they would not be able to achieve if they were consciously thinking.  A classic example of this is an archer attempting to erase the mind and clear the thoughts to better focus on the shot Some have pointed to similarities between the Buddhist conception of nothingness and the ideas of Martin Heidegger and existentialists like Sartre Before moving on from the philosophical interpretations of “nothing,” I would be remiss to not mention Seinfeld, which is popularly known as “the show about nothing” as many of its episodes are about the minutiae of daily life.  According to a BBC article, “Was Seinfeld Really ‘About Nothing’?”, the show “revealed the same problems of being that nauseated the existentialists: the tiniest acts of its characters come together to wreak havoc, sometimes on other characters, more commonly on unsuspecting strangers.” “...one could argue [the show] has a strong nihilistic streak throughout its run - if it’s about ‘nothing’, it’s about the nothingness of existence, the futility of it all.” Just as with ‘nothing’ throughout history, books have been written about Seinfeld since it’s conclusion, colleges offer classes on it that tend to fill to capacity, and think pieces still regularly pop up about the show, despite its finale airing over twenty years ago, on May 14, 1998. From the article, Seinfeld is one of many major works of pop culture that “show us why we say the things we do, do the things we do, thinking the things we think, like the things we like. Seinfeld teaches us what at least one sliver of life was like in 1990s America: silly, banal, self-indulgent, self-obsessed and maybe even nihilistic underneath it all” and shows us “the more universal tendencies we share: we’re probably still a little self-indulgent, even more self-obsessed and still questioning what it all means. And any show that makes us think about all of that - while making nihilism and existentialism fun - can’t really be about nothing after all, can it?” Both philosophically and mathematically, the concept of “zero” has a bumpy history. The ancient Greeks hated the concept of zero so much that they refused to incorporate it into their number system, even when their astronomical calculations called for it. They were uneasy, thinking, “How can nothing be something?”  Aristotle once wrote, “Nature abhors a vacuum,” and so did he (I’m naming my next dog Aristotle). His complete rejection of vacuums and voids and his subsequent influence on centuries of learning prevented the adoption and the concept of zero in the Western world until around the 13th century, when Italian bankers found it to be extraordinarily useful in financial transactions Other terms for ‘zero’ include ‘nought’, which is where“naughty” is derived from because it was bad to be nothing. Zero was thought of as Devil’s work and the antithesis of God “Zero” was first seen in cuneiform tablets written around 300 BC by Babylonians who used it as a placeholder (to distinguish 36 from 306 or 360, for example). The concept of zero in its mathematical sense was developed in India in the 5th century, and popularized in Europe by Fibonacci in the eleventh century Any number divided by zero is...nothing, not even zero. The equation is mathematically impossible A mathematical concept of nothing proposed by science journalist Charles Seife, who authored “Zero: The Biography of of a Dangerous idea,” proposed starting with a set of numbers that included only the number zero, then removing zero, leaving with is called a null set In computing, “nothing” can be a keyword used in place of something unassigned, a data abstraction. Although a computer’s storage hardware always contains numbers, “nothing” symbolizes a number skipped by the system when the programmer desires. May systems have similar capabilities but different keywords, such as “null”, “NUL”, “nil”, and “None” In physics, the concept of “nothing” can be a touchy and complex subject to consider. Generally, a region of space is called a vacuum if it does not contain any matter, though it can contain physical fields. In fact, it is practically impossible to construct a region of space that contains no matter or fields, since gravity cannot be blocked and all objects at a non-zero temperature radiate electromagnetically According to theoretical physicist Sean Carroll, “Even if [space] is as empty as it can be, there are still quantum mechanical [properties] - they’re just in a zero-energy state not doing anything. But you could probe the vacuum, as particle physics does, and discover its properties.” Empty space is instead filled with pairs of particles and antiparticles, called virtual particles, that quickly form and then, in accordance with the law of energy conservation, annihilate each other in about 10-25 seconds These virtual particles popping in and out of existence create energy. In fact, according to quantum mechanics, the energy contained in all the power plants and nuclear weapons in the world doesn’t equal the theoretical energy contained in the empty spaces between these words Carroll suggests that, “It’s probably better to think of nothing as the absence of even space and time, rather than space and time without anything in them.” Forbes.com further reiterates that “not everyone agrees about what we mean, scientifically, when we talk about what ‘nothing’ actually is” and helpfully outlines the four scientific meanings of nothing: A time when your “thing” of interest didn’t exist--if something fundamentally arose where there was no such thing before Empty space--if you take all the matter, antimatter, radiation, and spatial curvature away Empty spacetime in the lowest-energy state possible--if you then take away any energy inherent to space itself, leaving only spacetime and the laws of nature Whatever you’re left with when you take away the entire Universe and the laws governing it A few more fun facts from the Discovermagazine.com article “20 Things You Didn’t Know About...Nothing” There is vastly more nothing than something. Roughly 74% of the universe is “nothing,” or dark energy. 22% is dark matter. Only 4% is baryonic matter, the stuff we call ‘something.’ And even something is mostly nothing. Atoms overwhelmingly consist of empty space. Matter’s solidity is an illusion caused by the electric fields created by subatomic particles There is more and more nothing every second. In 1998 astronomers measuring the expansion of the universe determined that dark energy is pushing apart the universe at an ever-accelerating speed. The discovery of nothing - and its ability to influence the fate of the cosmos - is considered the most important astronomical finding of the past decade But even nothing has a weight. The energy in dark matter is equivalent to a tiny mass; there is about one pound of dark energy in a cube of empty space 250K miles on each side In space, no one can hear you scream: Sound, a mechanical wave, cannot travel through a vacuum. Without matter to vibrate through, there is only silence Light can travel through a vacuum, but there is nothing to refract it. Alas for extraterrestrial romantics, stars do not twinkle in outer space Black holes are not holes or voids; they are the exact opposite of nothing, being the densest concentration of mass known in the universe It is said that Abdulhamid II, sultan of the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900s, had censors expunge references to H2O from chemistry books because he was sure it stood for “Hamid the Second is nothing” Medieval art was mostly flat and 2D until the 15th century, when the Florentine architect Filippo Brunalleschi conceived of the vanishing point, the place where parallel lines converge into nothingness. This allowed for the development of perspective in art Vacuums do not suck things. They create spaces into which the surrounding atmosphere pushes matter Current theories suggest that the universe was created out of a state of vacuum energy, that is, nothing In other words, nothing could be the key to the theory of everything Urban Dictionary’s top definition of “nothing” is: “Actually means ‘something,’ but is used when you don’t feel like explaining,” posted by user Melanie on October 21, 2003 The second most upvoted Urban Dictionary definition of “nothing” was posted by user Doomeyes, also on October 21, 2003, and is thus: “Nothing, put simply, is the deepest, shallowest, brightest, darkest, widest, thinnest, and incomprehensibly empty emptiness, so empty that it is only prevented from collapsing upon itself because there is no substance to collapse in upon, or no substance to do the collapsing, or even any substance to think or daydream about collapsing upon absence of presence or presence of absence, which is still utterly and completely absent of form and shape and mass and presence that is absent from the existence of anything. In short, nothing is the total, absolute, final, and complete spot that is both positive and negative, young and old, and to sum it all up the opposite of everything in existence, for there is no existence in nothingness. It has even been thought that nothingness itself doesn’t even exist, and that the existence of nothingness is so impossibly ludicrous and insane that if anyone were to actually realize or see nothingness, the entirety of the expanse of the Everything would simply vaporize, leaning even more nothingness in its place.  Nothingness is nothing, to put it simply. (really, this time)” History of National Nothing Day According to WIkipedia and various other sources, National Nothing Day is an “un-event” proposed in 1972 by San Francisco Examiner columnist Harold Pullman Coffin, and has been observed annually since 1973, when it was added to Chase’s Calendar of Events. The purpose of the holiday is “to provide Americans with one National Day when they can just sit without celebrating, observing or honoring anything.”  Now remember, the third Monday of every January has, since 1986, been celebrated as MLK Jr Day, which falls between the 15th and 21st. This means that one-in-seven January 16ths now fall on a public holiday, which effectively usurps the very nature of National Nothing Day Unfun fact: Some states were resistant enough to observing MLK Jr Day that it wasn’t until 2000 that it was officially observed in all 50 states for the first time In contrast, the Realist Society of Canada has a religious holiday called THABS or “There Has Always Been Something” Day), which is dedicated to the celebration of the “realization” that “if there was ever nothing, there would be nothing now”. It is celebrated on July 8 each year.  Fun fact! Harold Pullman Coffin was born in Reno, NV on January 26th, 1905 and is buried at Masonic Memorial Gardens on Stoker Ave, near Idlewild Park and Reno High School. Activities to celebrate Do nothing! But use the hashtag #NationalNothingDay on social media when you brag about all the nothing that you’re doing Watch Seinfeld. You can start with the show’s self-mocking clips where Jerry and George pitch a show to NBC about “nothing” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQnaRtNMGMI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUWiv5r_CZw Watch the 2003 movie “Nothing”, a canadian philosophical comedy-drama about two friends and housemates who open their front door one day and discover that the entire world beyond their house is gone, replaced with a featureless white void Watch “A Short History of Nothing” on bbc.co.uk.  https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/a-short-history-of-nothing/p076bm46 You can post some of the following “nothing” quotes to your social media, and anyone under 14 on your friends list will think you’re really deep “We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.” - Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace “I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.” - Plato, The Republic “To do nothing is the way to be nothing.” - Nathanial Hawthorne “Tired, tired with nothing, tired with everything, tired with the world’s weight he had never chosen to bear.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned “I love to talk about nothing. It’s the only thing I know anything about.” - Oscar Wilde “I must be made of nothing to feel so much nothing.” - Michelle Hodkin, The Evolution of Mara Dyer “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” - Theodore Roosevelt “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” - Edmund Burke “Our nada who art in nada, nada be thy name thy kingdom nada thy will be nada in nada as it is in nada. Give us this nada our daily nada and nada us our nada as we nada our nadas and nada us not into nada but deliver us from nada; pues nada. Hail nothing full of nothing, nothing is with thee.” - Ernest Hemingway, A Clean Well Lighted Place “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!” - Audrey Hepburn From bustle.com, you could Watch or read “Much Ado About Nothing” Have a milkshake at Tom’s Restaurant in NYC, which is a nod to Seinfeld Watch GoT and remember that Jon Snow knows nothing Challenge yourself to do nothing for two minutes. This tip includes a link to the website donothingfor2minutes.com, which is essentially an ad for the Calm app and features an ocean at sunset in the background, the sounds of waves, and a timer that resets every time you interact with your computer in any way. Basically a beginner’s meditation session Chow down on a Nothing Bundt Cake, from the bakery Nothing Bundt Cakes Brush up on why we should all get comfortable doing nothing, five reasons for which we learn from The Guardian.  First, “doing nothing” isn’t really doing nothing. “Savouring the pleasure of idleness” isn’t passive--according to psychologists, “It’s a learnable set of skills for relishing the moment, for example, by focusing on each of your senses in turn.” It could be considered synonymous with “feeling alive.”  Second, aimlessness, rest, and even boredom can boost creativity. One reason why is the “incubation effect”: ceasing to focus on a project seems to give your unconscious permission to get to work. Other studies looking at boredom suggest it motivates people to find interesting ways to alleviate it, thereby triggering creative ideas. Aimless thinking can also combat the tunnel vision that can result from fixating on goals. When you have no specific end in mind, you’re less likely to exclude new ideas as irrelevant Third, too much busyness is counterproductive.  The article explains that “we chronically confuse effort with effectiveness: a day spent on trifling tasks feels exhausting and virtuous, so we assume - often wrongly - it must have been useful.” However, Dutch work expert Manfred Kets de Vries informs us that busyness “can be a very effective defence mechanism for warding off disturbing thoughts and feelings.” Essentially, it’s when doing nothing that we can finally confront what matters. Fourth, the brain depends on downtime. Not only is downtime essential for “recharging”, but to process the data we’re deluged with daily, to consolidate memory, and reinforce learning. Downtime and rest strengthen the neural pathways that make these things possible. In a 2009 study, “brain imaging suggested that people faced with a strange task - controlling a computer joystick that didn’t obey the usual rules - were actively coming to grips (nice turn of phrase) with learning this new skill during seemingly passive rest periods.” And fifth, you’ll regain control of your attention. Doing nothing isn’t easy at first. It takes a good amount of willpower to resist the urge to do things. According to the meditation instructor Susan Piver, “busyness is seen as a form of laziness” in Buddhism. It’s a failure to withhold your attention from whatever random email, task, or webpage lays claim to it. One trick could be to schedule time to “do nothing.” “Just don’t expect others to understand when you decline some social event on the grounds that you’re busy not being busy.” Listen to Nothing. The band.  Whisper sweet nothings to someone Read The Book of Nothing Take a trip to Nothing, Arizona. It’s now a ghost town, but once held an impressive population of 4 people and contained a gas station and small convenience store The town sign read, “Town of Nothing Arizona. Founded 1977. Elevation 3269ft. The staunch citizens of Nothing are full of Hope, Faith, and Believe in the work ethic. Thru-the-years-these dedicated people had faith in Nothing, hoped for Nothing, worked at Nothing, for Nothing.” Deseret.com has a couple of book recommendations, including “The Book of Nothing: Vacuums, Voids, and the Latest Ideas about the Origins of the Universe,” by John D. Barrow; “Nothing Matters: a book about nothing,” by Ronald Green; “The Book about Nothing,” by Mike Bender Deseret.com also encourages you to use “nothing” in as many phrases as possible, such as “All or nothing” “Nothing but…” “Thanks for nothing” “Nothing to lose” “Next to nothing” “I got nothing” NATIONAL NOTHING DAY Mixtape Nothing by Bruno Major Nothing’s Gonna Hurt You Baby by Cigarettes After Sex Zero Day by Nothing I’m Nothing by Violent Femmes Nothing From Something by The Offspring Nothing by The Script Particles by Nothing But Thieves Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O’Connor Nothing Breaks Like a Heart by Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus Nothing Without You by The Weeknd Church by Fall Out Boy featuring nothing, nowhere Sweet Nothing by Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch All or Nothing by O-Town Making Love Out of Nothing at All by Air Supply There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back by Shawn Mendes Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now by Starship SOURCES https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Nothing_Day https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-nothing-day-january-16/ https://www.bustle.com/articles/59083-10-ways-to-celebrate-national-nothing-day-besides-doing-absolutely-nothing https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jan/09/five-reasons-we-should-all-learn-to-do-nothing https://www.cute-calendar.com/event/national-nothing-day/36126.html https://www.deseret.com/2019/1/16/20663602/today-is-national-nothing-day-here-s-what-that-means https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/nothing-quotes https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/nothing https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nothing https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-nothing https://www.livescience.com/28132-what-is-nothing-physicists-debate.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/01/31/the-four-scientific-meanings-of-nothing/#3f2d15631a5f https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vbk5va/what-is-nothing

In his book "Why Does the World Exist?" science writer Jim Holt takes us on a jaunty tour of being and nothingness, existence and emptiness, quantum tunneling and the uncertainty principle - on ThoughtCast!

In his book "Why Does the World Exist?" science writer Jim Holt takes us on a jaunty tour of being and nothingness, existence and emptiness, quantum tunneling and the uncertainty principle - on ThoughtCast! The post “Why Does the World Exist?” with Jim Holt appeared first on ThoughtCast®.

From 2015 and needed to be restored. This talk is especially relevant, given the paradigms debate. I had numerous requests for more theology, mathematics and metaphysics, so here you go. In this latest audio, I talk over William Lane’s talk over a Ted Talk. I thought it illustrative of both the errors I see in Dr. Craig’s approach, as well as the errors in the atheist and agnostic approaches of modernity, exemplified in Jim Holt’s TedTalk. I discuss the flaws of the classical approaches to arguments for God’s existence, as well as critiquing and appraising Dr. Craig. Topics include transcendental arguments as distinguished from classical arguments, advanced metaphysics, Platonism, medieval ontology, atheism and the approach of Eastern Orthodox theology. The first half of this talk is free, while paid subscribers get full weekly talks. Enjoy!

Farm organizations, associations and commodity groups are rallying behind a new social media campaign to give some encouragement to struggling farmers.  Jim Holt, President of the WI Farm Bureau, explains what he hopes it will accomplish. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/why-something. The old metaphysical question – why anything exists at all – has perplexed and intrigued humankind for ages. It has long been a question reserved for philosophers, but now some physicists claim to have answered it. Yet these attempts have raised questions of their own: is this even a meaningful question in the first place? Can it be answered by science alone, or is philosophy necessary? And what will answering the question mean for us? John and Ken find something to talk about with Jim Holt, author of "Why Does The World Exist: An Existential Detective Story."

Lewis H. Lapham talks with Jim Holt, author of “When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought.”

Carlo Rovelli is an Italian theoretical physicist. In his new book, The Order of Time,  Rovelli asks "Why do we remember the past and not the future…What ties time to our nature as persons, to our subjectivity?" Rovelli is the head of the Quantum Gravity group at the Centre de Physique Théorique of Aix-Marseille University and has devoted his life's work to understanding what time might truly be. Author and philosopher, Jim Holt spoke with Rovelli about the past, future, and why there isn't exactly a "now."

In Episode 41 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Jim Holt about the philosophy of science, ethics, and metaphysics. Jim Holt is on a quest to understand the fundamental nature and meaning of our universe. What is infinity? Is time real? Why does the world exist? These are the most important questions that humanity has ever pondered. When attempting to answer such large, existential questions, it’s not enough to use observational evidence alone. This is where metaphysics comes in. Unlike the hard-nosed, falsifiable propositions that form the foundation of empirical science, metaphysics poses questions for which definitive answers are hard to come by. Aristotle famously heralded the field as “the first philosophy,” since it explores those questions which are generally accepted as being the most basic and vital. In short, this branch of philosophy seeks to explain the nature of being, reality, and the meaning of existence. Since metaphysics is not based on falsifiable propositions, it is is not bounded by the constraints of formal logic or scientific truth. As a result, finding conclusive answers to the perennial questions that it poses may well be impossible. Still, something about these questions jabs at us. Why? Perhaps it is in our nature to question everything, even those things for which answers do not exist. Or perhaps the act of engaging in ontological arguments is itself the goal. In either case, in our answer-based culture, exploring the philosophy of science and metaphysics is a necessarily humbling experience. It forces us to contend with the mystery of our own existence, and it presses the limits of our explanatory powers. In his latest book, “When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought,” Jim Holt explores the nature of logic and truth. And in this episode, he joins host Demetri Kofinas for an hour-long conversation on the philosophy of science and metaphysics. Over the course of the discussion, we explore the questions that have concerned philosophers for more than two thousand years — questions that remain unanswered. Producer & Host: Demetri Kofinas Editor & Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou Join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at @hiddenforcespod

"Written with charming simplicity and wry humor, Midlife is a philosophically rich source of what might be called 'the higher life hacks' – reflective ways of dissolving the sense of emptiness and regret that tends to hit each of us with the onset of middle age. A work of disarming wisdom."  - Jim Holt (author of Why Does the World Exist?) Have you ever asked yourself, what would my life have been like if I’d gone down another career path? Or wished you could release some past grudge that sits on your shoulder like a squaking parrot? The Contemplify conversation today revolves around questions of meaning, purpose and regret. My guest today is Kieran Setiya, professor of philosophy at MIT. Our conversation today revolves around his latest book, Midlife: A Philosophical Guide, which outlines a helpful framework for wrestling with existential questions. Kieran Setiya is a philosopher who enjoys witty banter as much as delving into the depths of foundational life questions. In our conversation we dive into the waters of the stereotypes of philosophers, the rules for midlife crisis prevention, what we can learn from John Stuart Mill’s nervous breakdown, and what superman can teach us about the afterlife. What makes Kieran’s book Midlife sing is his curiosity and succinct wordsmithing that gleefully ushers you along through the difficult internal terrain. Which you will get a taste of in this conversation. Midlife is for any of you in the early stages, the thrush, or retrospect of the midlife years. Midlife creates a framework for the dizzying existential questions that arrive from new angles as the years accumulate. Learn more about Kieran Setiya a ksetiya.net.

Listen in to a discussion with writer Jim Holt, philosophers David Z. Albert and Hans Halvorson, and science writer Kate Becker about the realms where physics and philosophy intersect. For centuries, physics and philosophy walked side by side in pursuit of their shared goal understanding the nature of reality. The progress of science has pushed the frontier of physics into the realm of advanced mathematics, which requires technical skill and levels of abstraction attainable only after years of dedicated training. At the same time, most physicists today do not receive training in philosophy and epistemology, few have the time to ponder philosophical implications of their work, and some even doubt the possibility of a meaningful dialog between physicists and philosophers. However, at its core, physics addresses the fundamental problems that shape our philosophical outlook. This podcast features audio from our second Physics of Everything event. This podcast was made possible through the support of a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. The opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the John Templeton Foundation.

More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/why-something. The old metaphysical question – why anything exists at all – has perplexed and intrigued humankind for ages. It has long been a question reserved for philosophers, but now some physicists claim to have answered it. Yet these attempts have raised questions of their own: is this even a meaningful question in the first place? Can it be answered by science alone, or is philosophy necessary? And what will answering the question mean for us? John and Ken find something to talk about with Jim Holt, author of "Why Does The World Exist: An Existential Detective Story."

Título original Prince & Me II: The Royal Wedding Año 2006 Duración 96 min. País Estados Unidos Estados Unidos Director Catherine Cyran Guión Allison Robinson (Personajes: Mark Amin, Katherine Fugate) Música Andrew Gross Fotografía Blake T. Evans Reparto Luke Mably, Kam Heskin, Clemency Burton-Hill, Maryam d'Abo, Jonathan Firth, Jim Holt, David Fellowes Productora Capital Arts Entertainment / Sobini Films Género Comedia. Romance | Comedia romántica. Comedia juvenil. Secuela Sinopsis En el pasado, Paige, una estudiante de medicina de la América profunda, se enamora de uno de sus compañeros de clase, Eduard, sin saber que se trata del Príncipe de Dinamarca y futuro Rey del país. En la actualidad, algunos años después, y a pocas semanas de la boda, la pareja deberá superar numerosos obstáculos familiares y enfrentarse a un antiguo decreto danés según el cual, el príncipe que se case con una plebeya deberá abdicar del trono.

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Ep.2015:17 Host James Curtis discusses the relationship between the Courts, Alcoholics Anonymous and Predators. GUESTS: Monica Richardson, Activist & Documentary Producer of THE 13TH STEP www.the13thstepfilm.com; AA Member "Julia"; Jim Holt, Senior Writer, Santa Clarita Valley Signal; Sam PK Collins, Health Reporter, www.thinkprogress.com

Dr. Craig interacts with a speech by science and philosophy writer Jim Holt on the most sublime questions ever asked. Visit www.reasonablefaith.org for an outline.

Pourquoi y-a-t-il quelque chose au lieu de rien ? En d'autres termes : pourquoi l'univers existe-t-il (et pourquoi sommes nous dedans) ? Le philosophe et écrivain Jim Holt développe cette question et envisage trois réponses. Ou quatre. Ou aucune.

Por que existe algo em vez de nada? Em outras palavras: por que o universo existe (e por que estamos nele)? O filósofo e escritor Jim Holt acompanha essa pergunta em direção a três possíveis respostas. Ou quatro. Ou nenhuma.

Warum ist da etwas anstelle von Nichts? Anders gesagt: Warum existiert das Universum (und warum sind wir darin)? Der Philosoph und Autor Jim Holt findet drei mögliche Antworten auf diese Frage. Oder vier. Oder keine.

¿Por qué hay algo en lugar de nada? En otras palabras: ¿Por qué existe el universo (y por qué estamos en él)? El filósofo y escritor Jim Holt sigue esta pregunta a través de tres respuestas posibles. O cuatro. O ninguna.

Why is there something instead of nothing? In other words: Why does the universe exist (and why are we in it)? Philosopher and writer Jim Holt follows this question toward three possible answers. Or four. Or none.

왜 아무것도 없지 않고 뭔가가 있을까요? 다른 말로 하자면 왜 우주가 존재하고 (왜 우리가 그 속에 있을까요?) 철학자이며 작가인 짐 홀트는 이 질문을 따라 3 가지 가능한 답으로 향합니다. 아니면 4개. 아니면 전무.

Why does the universe exist? And is that even a sensical question to ask? Philosopher Jim Holt has written extensively for publications such as the New Yorker, the New York Times and Harper's, and most recently embarked on this "existential detective story" in his new book, "Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story" Jim discusses his book with Massimo and Julia in this live episode of Rationally Speaking, taped at the 2013 Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism in New York City.

Jim Holt is a rarity: a writer who throws light on some of the most daunting problems in physics, philosophy and math in ways that are impressively knowledgeable, artful and entertaining. He's outdone himself in his latest book, "Why Does the World Exist: An Existential Detective Story," which confronts the enigma of existence itself, considered from the perspectives of physics, metaphysics and theology. As Kathryn Schulz wrote in the New York Times, "the book is deep, absorbing, associative, challenging, and makes you laugh, unexpectedly and a lot" – much like my experience talking to Jim in this interview.