Podcast appearances and mentions of Phil Torres

Josh Gates envía al científico Phil Torres y a la investigadora paranormal Jessica Chobot para investigar encuentros sobrenaturales, criaturas misteriosas y asombrosos fenómenos extraterrestres.

Most people have never heard of "Longtermism." Long term? That sounds like it might be a pretty good thing. But many critics are suggesting that it is a dangerous philosophy, with many societal and social risks connected with it. And it's also been adopted by many wealthy and influential people, including Elon Musk. In this episode Dave sits down with Émile Torres, a philosopher at Leibniz University in Hannover, Germany. Torres has been a leading critic of longtermism and its related philosophy of so-called "Effective Altruism," and has written multiple essays on why it may be one of the most dangerous secular belief systems. For more info: https://longtermism-hub.com Follow Émile Torres: https://twitter.com/xriskology Keywords: Longtermism, Bostrom, Musk, Lesswrong, Effective Altruism, Computronium, Phil Torres, William MacAskill, Leverage Research, Paradigm, Peter Thiel, Libertarianism, seasteading.

Paris Marx is joined by Phil Torres to discuss why longtermism isn't just about long-term thinking, but provides a framework for Silicon Valley billionaires to justify ignoring the crises facing humanity so they can accumulate wealth and go after space colonization.Phil Torres is a PhD candidate at Leibniz University Hannover and the author of the forthcoming book Human Extinction: A History of Thinking About the End of Humanity. Follow Phil on Twitter at @xriskology.Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, support the show on Patreon, and sign up for the weekly newsletter.Find out more about Harbinger Media Network at harbingermedianetwork.com.Also mentioned in this episode:Phil wrote about the dangers presented by longtermism and its relationship to Elon Musk.Paris wrote about Jeff Bezos' vision of life in space and why Elon Musk is planning for climate catastrophe.Elon Musk was tweeting about birth rates again (he has some odd views on who should be having kids) and retweeted someone praising a paper by longtermist Nick Bostrom.After moving to Texas, its governor said Elon Musk liked the state's “social policies” (in reference to abortion limitations) to little pushback, then Musk forced California employees to move to Texas. Support the show

Paranormal researcher, and former Nerdist News host, Jessica Chobot talks about the new season of her Discovery series Expedition X, where she and scientist Phil Torres look for UFOs in the Ring of Fire, explore a wild apparition at the site of a train wreck, and more. For more Talking Strange videos, check out our YouTube Playlist, and download new episodes of the Talking Strange podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review/rating. And give us a shout on TalkStrangePod on Twitter. To support Aaron Sagers, say hi to him on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and on Patreon, where he's making tiki cocktails and talking creepy things.

Phil Torres is a scholar of "global catastrophic risk," meaning that he studies the various ways in which terrible things could happen to humanity: nuclear war, global warming, asteroids, killer robots, pandemics, etc. His books include The End: What Science and Religion Tell Us About the Apocalypse and Morality, Foresight, and Human Flourishing: An Introduction to Existential Risks. Both are available free on his website. His upcoming book is Human Extinction: A History of Thinking About the End of the World.On today's episode, Phil joins to talk about how we can think rationally about the risks we face as a species, and figure out what to prioritize. Over the last decade or so, many more scholars have turned to thinking seriously about global catastrophic risks, trying to determine what threats we need to address. As Phil discusses, it's in many ways a good thing that more people are taking catastrophe seriously. As we can see from the COVID-19 pandemic, often we overlook these things until it's too late, and failures of preparation lead to millions of avoidable deaths.But Phil has also become critical of some of the popular ways of thinking about "existential risk." Institutions like the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford and the Center for the Study of Existential Risk at Cambridge have sprung up, and and many in Silicon Valley have started taking an interest in these questions. Certain tendencies associated with the "rationalist" or "effective altruist" movements claim to be interested in "existential risk," but Phil argues that they end up drifting into a kind of techno-utopianism rather than thinking seriously about how to stop the real harms that we face in the near future. Phil has argued, including in an article for Current Affairs, that while you may often hear people like Elon Musk talking about "existential risks to humanity" and about our "long term future," when you closely examine what they mean by this, it turns out to be a bizarre and dangerous secular theology. Phil, who was previously aligned with the effective altruist and rationalist movements himself, has become stingingly critical of those he sees as misusing rationalism and thereby taking the study of catastrophe in a deeply concerning direction. (He wrote a popular article last year for Salon about the New Atheists, in which he documented the ways in which many of them present right-wing prejudices as mere "reason.")In this conversation, Phil explains why he became interested in "global catastrophic risk," how he came to reject some of the mainstream approaches to studying it, and what he thinks the most important threats facing humanity are. There could not be a more important subject, and Phil Torres is one of its most serious and reflective scholars.The song at the beginning is "I Wish We'd All Been Ready" from the 1972 Evangelical Christian horror film A Thief In The Night (about which you can read a Current Affairs article here.) Edited by Tim Gray. 

With Mike Bloom on the Feedback show, Pooya and Liana Boraas welcome Canadian RHAP couple Jenny Autumn and Phil Torres to play a series of segments and games around Episode 12 of Survivor 41. The post Survivor 41 Episode 12 with Jenny & Phil | Survivor B&B with Pooya & Liana Boraas appeared first on RobHasAwebsite.com.

With Mike Bloom on the Feedback show, Pooya and Liana Boraas welcome Canadian RHAP couple Jenny Autumn and Phil Torres to play a series of segments and games around Episode 12 of Survivor 41. The post Survivor 41 Episode 12 with Jenny & Phil | Survivor B&B with Pooya & Liana Boraas appeared first on RobHasAwebsite.com.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is:Towards a Weaker Longtermism, published by Davidmanheim on the Effective Altruism Forum. A key (new-ish) proposition in EA discussions is "Strong Longtermism," that the vast majority of the value in the universe is in the far future, and that we need to focus on it. This far future is often understood to be so valuable that almost any amount of preference for the long term is justifiable. In this brief post, I want to argue that this strong claim is unnecessary compared to a weaker argument, creates new problems that are easily avoided otherwise, and should be replaced with the weaker claim. (I am far from the first to propose this.) The 'regular longtermism' claim, as I present it, is that we should assign approximately similar value to the long term future as we do to the short-term. This is a philosophically difficult position which nonetheless, I argue, is superior to either status quo, or strong longtermism. Philosophical grounding The typical presentation of longtermism is that if we do not discount future lives exponentially, almost any weight placed on the future, which almost certainly can be massively larger than the present, will overwhelm the value of the present. This is hard to justify intuitively - it implies that we should ignore the near-term costs, and (taken to the extreme) could justify almost any atrocity in the pursuit of a miniscule reduction of long-term risks 1 The typical alternative is presented by naïve economic discounting, which assumes that we should exponentially discount the far future at some finite rate. This leads to claims that a candy bar today is worth more than the entire future of humanity starting in, say, 10,000 years. This is also hard to justify intuitively. A third perspective roughly justifies the current position; we should discount the future at the rate current humans think is appropriate, but also separately place significant value on having a positive long term future. This preserves both the value of the long-term future of humanity if positive, and the preference for the present. Lacking any strong justification for setting the balance, I will very tentatively claim they should be weighted approximately equally, but this is not critical - almost any non trivial weight on the far future would be a large shift from the status quo towards longer-term thinking. This may be non-rigorous, but has many attractive features. The key question, it seems, is whether the new view is different, and/or whether the exact weights for the near and long term will matter in practice. Does 'regular longtermism' say anything? Do the different positions lead to different conclusions in the short term? If they do not, there is clearly no reason to prefer strong longtermism. If they do, it seems that almost all of these differences are intuitively worrying. Strong longtermism implies we should engage in much larger near term sacrifices, and justifies ignoring near-term problems like global poverty, unless they have large impacts on the far future 2 . Strong neartermism, AKA strict exponential discounting, implies that we should do approximately nothing about the long term future. So, does regular longtermism suggest less focus on reducing existential risks, compared to the status quo? Clearly not. In fact, it suggests overwhelmingly more effort should be spent on avoiding existential risk than is currently available for the task. It may suggest less effort than strong longtermism, but only to the extent that we have very strong epistemic reasons for thinking that very large short term sacrifices are effective. What now? I am unsure that there is anything new in this post. At the same time, it seems that the debate has crystallized into two camps which I strongly disagree with - the "anti-longtermist" camp, typified by Phil Torres, who is h...

welcome to the nonlinear library, where we use text-to-speech software to convert the best writing from the rationalist and ea communities into audio. This is: Response to Phil Torres' ‘The Case Against Longtermism', published by HaydnBelfield on the effective altruism forum. This short post responds to some of the criticisms of longtermism in Torres' minibook: Were the Great Tragedies of History “Mere Ripples”? The Case Against Longtermism, which I came across in this syllabus. I argue that while many of the criticisms of Bostrom strike true, newer formulations of longtermism and existential risk – most prominently Ord's The Precipice (but also Greaves, MacAskill, etc) – do not face the same challenges. I split the criticisms into two sections: the first on problematic ethical assumptions or commitments, the second on problematic policy proposals. Note that I both respect and disagree with all three authors. Torres piece is insightful and thought-provoking, as well as polemical; Ord's book is a great restatement of the ethical case, though I disagree with his prioritisation of climate change, nuclear weapons and collapse; and Bostrom is a groundbreaking visionary, though one can dispute many of his views. Problematic ethical assumptions or commitments Torres argues that longtermism rests on assumptions and makes commitments that are problematic and unusual/niche. He is correct that Bostrom has a number of unusual ethical views, and in his early writing he was perhaps overly fond of a contrarian ‘even given these incredibly conservative assumptions the argument goes through' framing. But Torres does not sufficiently appreciate that these limitations and constraints have largely been acknowledged by longtermist philosophers, who have (re)formulated longtermism so as to not require these assumptions and commitments. Total utilitarianism Torres suggests that longtermism is based on an ethical assumption of total utilitarianism, a view in which we should maximise wellbeing based on adding together the wellbeing of all the individuals in a group. Such a ‘more is better' ethical view accords significant weight to trillions of future individuals. He points out that total utilitarianism is not a majority opinion amongst moral philosophers. However, although total utilitarianism strongly supports longtermism, longtermism doesn't need to be based on total utilitarianism. One of the achievements of The Precipice is Ord's arguments pointing out the affinities between longtermism with other ethical traditions, such as conservatism, obligations to the past, virtue ethics. One can be committed to a range of ethical views and endorse longtermism. Trillions of simulations on computronium Torres suggests that the scales are tilted towards longtermism by including in the calculation quadrillions of simulations of individuals living flourishing lives. The view that such simulations would be moral agents, or that this future is desirable, is certainly unusual. But one doesn't have to be committed to this view for the argument to work. The argument goes through if we assume that humanity never leaves Earth, and simply survives until the Earth is uninhabitable – or even more conservatively, survives the duration of an average mammalian species. There are still trillions of future individuals, whose interests and dignity matter. ‘Reducing risk from 0.001% to 0.0001% is not the same as saving thousands of lives' Torres implies that longtermism is committed to a view of the form that reducing risk from 0.001% to 0.0001% is morally equivalent to saving e.g. thousands of present day lives. This a clear example of early Bostrom stating his argument in a philosophically robust, but very counterintuitive way. Worries about this framing have been common for over a decade, in the debate over ‘Pascal's Mugging'. However, longtermism does not have to be stated in such a way. The probabilities are unfortunately likely higher – for example Ord gives a 1/6 (~16...

Of God, Climate, and Countries (00:00) Intro and T-Shirts (03:09) Sean discusses his article in The Radical Secular Journal titled "God Doesn't Matter." The irrelevancy of God. The moral collapse of the "New Atheists." Further defining the Conservative Moral Hierarchy. The significance of calling oneself an "atheist." (20:31) Joe and Sean debunk the right-wing psyop from Peter Boghossian and Michael Shellenberger, labeling progressive politics, including climate change activism, as a "Woke Religion." We break this chart down in detail, and expose the lies and bad faith in the graphic "Woke Religion: A Taxonomy." (59:38) The difficult tension between the need to maintain optimism, and the widespread sense of impending climate doom. The generational anger young people feel at older generations who've benefited from burning carbon, and are now failing to either deliver corrective action, or share the wealth. (01:05:34) The difficulty in getting wealthy countries to pay the bill for climate mitigation for poorer countries. (01:08:40) The economic consequences of the transition away from carbon, including stranded fossil-fuel assets. The coastal real estate problem. We need a strong economy to build out the renewable energy infrastructure, with the wealthy, the largest corporations, and governments on board. (01:17:31) The climate impact on young people, especially young girls. The relationship of climate injustice to the "free market" and the conservative moral hierarchy. (01:24:58) Proposed solutions and who will pay? Living standards can't help but be impacted. Gas prices will be impacted. We have to bite the bullet and go through this transition. Had we acted in the 80s or 90s, it would have been much cheaper and much less difficult. (01:36:50) Summing up the stakes of the situation. Wrapup and outro. _______________________________________ Show Notes: https://www.theradicalsecular.com/journal/god-doesnt-matter ("God Doesn't Matter" by Sean Prophet) https://www.salon.com/2021/06/05/how-the-new-atheists-merged-with-the-far-right-a-story-of-intellectual-grift-and-abject-surrender/ ("Godless grifters: How the New Atheists merged with the far right" by Phil Torres) https://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-wokeism-is-a-religion (Taxonomy Of Woke Religion) https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/11/08/cop26-girls-education-climate-weather/ (How climate change is disproportionately affecting girls in low-income countries) https://news.yahoo.com/us-and-china-sign-agreement-to-work-together-on-climate-change-200031637.html (U.S. and China sign agreement to work together on climate change) https://theconversation.com/climate-scientists-concept-of-net-zero-is-a-dangerous-trap-157368 (Climate scientists: concept of net zero is a dangerous trap) https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2021/greenhouse-gas-emissions-pledges-data/ (Countries' climate pledges built on flawed data, Post investigation finds) _______________________________________ https://www.patreon.com/theradicalsecular (Patreon) https://www.theradicalsecular.com/ (Website) Email: theradicalsecular@gmail.com Instagram: @radical_secular https://www.facebook.com/theradicalsecular (Facebook) Twitter: @RadicalSecular https://the-radical-secular.captivate.fm/ (Podcast) All standard podcast venues: Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon, Gaana, Saavn

On today's ID the Future, Casey Luskin, associate director of Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, discusses his Evolution News article about the recently deceased Steven Weinberg. On Weinberg's view, one of science's social functions is to undermine religion, which he sees as superstition. Luskin takes the opposite view and points to skilled and successful scientists he got to know in Africa. He says these scientists are convinced that the supernatural is real and would find Weinberg's secular Western rejection of the supernatural as blinkered. Luskin and host Robert Crowther also discuss a hopeful trend among some atheists toward a more civil and respectful way of engaging intelligent design, even to the point of acknowledging that design theorists are Read More › Source

Support Us by becoming a 21st Talks Patron What role have philosophers played in existential risk? What conditions lead to the field's origin? Today Coleman Speaks with Dr. SJ Beard of The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) at Cambridge. Covering topics from SJ Beard and Phil Torres' 2020 article Ripples on the Great Sea of Life, which covers in great depth the history of existential risk. Share this episode with 1-3 friends or family, or give us a rating on spotify. Your support helps more than you know!

In part 2 of the science behind animals getting drunk off fermented fruit, we're exploring the jungle with biologist and Discovery Channel's Expedition X Host Phil Torres who also has a great YouTube series called The Jungle Diaries. I dive into some stories on drunk pigeons in New Zealand, a pot belly pig who steals pints from her local pub, what animal has the highest tolerance for alcohol and butterflies...yes butterflies can get drunk too. Phil also shares some tips for brewers who want to forage for ingredients locally! Follow along with Phil's adventures and foraging in Washington on Instagram at @Phil_TorresYou can read more about each episode and get updated straight to your inbox by subscribing to the Substack: BrewingAfterHours.Substack.com For podcast updates, behind the scenes content, brewing tutorials and beer reviews follow Sarah Flora on Instagram at @Flora_Brewing, subscribe to the Flora Brewing YouTube Channel or sign up for her Patreon for ad-free content, merch and lots more!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Zach is joining me again for another episode of the bestest show by two mediocre White guys. We talk about the Phil Torres article regarding the merging of New Atheists and the far-right. We also talked about how mostly White dudes got their fragile feelings hurt by even suggesting such a thing. Some of them are podcasters y'all might know. Just saying. Oh, and my junk going numb is a topic. And the recent developments regarding how my lovely state is banning vaccine outreach to kids. We're in a race to bottom. Mississippi here we come!

#existentialrisk #endoftheworld #exponentialtech #eschatologyPhil Torres is an author, Affiliate Scholar at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, and founder of the X-Risks Institute. He has published widely on emerging technologies, terrorism, and existential risks. He shines a light on the nature and causes of human extinction, its ethical implications, and the history of the idea via. a] The intellectual history of our modern, scientific idea of human extinction. b] The history of philosophical thinking about the ethical and evaluative implications of our extinction. c] Omnicidal agents or "agential risks," i.e., Who would destroy the world if they could? d] Machine superintelligence and algocracy (given the unprecedented distribution of offensive capabilities across society as a result of dual-use emerging technologies). e] Conceptual foundations of "Existential Risk Studies," for example: What does "existential risk" mean? What should it mean? How many normatively relevant types of human extinction are there? f] Climate change and stratospheric geoengineering. g] Philosophical critiques of "longtermism" which he considers to be a profoundly dangerous ideology. Not Being an alarmist but this conversation was an eye-opener, being a tech advocate through the talk I wore my defensive hat but I couldn't poke into his arguments to prove him wrong, without doubt, technology will play a huge role in human evolution, it will make our life easier and possibly even give us god-like powers through synthetic biology, nanotechnology amongst others but from the conversation with Phil it looks highly probable the road to exponential technologies leads to the End of the World. We surely need more minds to figure if there is hope or a way out- Do comment your thoughts below. Watch our highest viewed videos: 1-India;s 1st Quantum Computer- https://youtu.be/ldKFbHb8nvQDR R VIJAYARAGHAVAN - PROF & PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR AT TIFR 2-Breakthrough in Age Reversal- -https://youtu.be/214jry8z3d4DR HAROLD KATCHER - CTO NUGENICS RESEARCH 3-Head of Artificial Intelligence-JIO - https://youtu.be/q2yR14rkmZQShailesh Kumar 4-STARTUP FROM INDIA AIMING FOR LEVEL 5 AUTONOMY - SANJEEV SHARMA CEO SWAAYATT ROBOTS -https://youtu.be/Wg7SqmIsSew 5-TRANSHUMANISM & THE FUTURE OF MANKIND - NATASHA VITA-MORE: HUMANITY PLUS -https://youtu.be/OUIJawwR4PY 6-MAN BEHIND GOOGLE QUANTUM SUPREMACY - JOHN MARTINIS -https://youtu.be/Y6ZaeNlVRsE 7-1000 KM RANGE ELECTRIC VEHICLES WITH ALUMINUM AIR FUEL BATTERIES - AKSHAY SINGHAL -https://youtu.be/cUp68Zt6yTI 8-Garima Bharadwaj Chief Strategist IoT & AI at Enlite Research -https://youtu.be/efu3zIhRxEY 9-BANKING 4.0 - BRETT KING FUTURIST, BESTSELLING AUTHOR & FOUNDER MOVEN -https://youtu.be/2bxHAai0UG0 10-E-VTOL & HYPERLOOP- FUTURE OF INDIA"S MOBILITY- SATYANARAYANA CHAKRAVARTHY -https://youtu.be/ZiK0EAelFYY 11-NON-INVASIVE BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE - KRISHNAN THYAGARAJAN -https://youtu.be/fFsGkyW3xc4 12-SATELLITES THE NEW MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR SPACE RACE - MAHESH MURTHY -https://youtu.be/UarOYOLUMGk Connect & Follow us at: https://in.linkedin.com/in/eddieavil https://in.linkedin.com/company/change-transform-india https://www.facebook.com/changetransformindia/ https://twitter.com/intothechange https://www.instagram.com/changetransformindia/

Phil Torres y Jessica Chobot investigan un extraño fenómeno que ocurre en Mammoth Cave desde hace mucho tiempo. ¿Hay algo más en el sistema de cuevas más grande del mundo?

Tras el descubrimiento de una ciudad antigua, Phil Torres y Jessica Chobot se aventuran en las selvas de Camboya para buscar un monstruo que aterrorizó a los locales durante siglos.

Phil Torres y Jessica Chobot se embarcan en una misión para descubrir qué sucede en la Isla de las Muñecas, un sitio peligroso que los lugareños han evitado durante mucho tiempo.

Welcome to the Thirty-Second episode of The Exploring Antinatalism Podcast! Today, Amanda Sukenick and Mark J. Maharaj speak with the author of the article, Can Anti-Natalists Oppose Human Extinction?, as well as the upcoming book, Human Extinction: A History of Thinking About The End of The World, Phil Torres! Please visit Phil's Website Xriskology.com, where you can find a copy of his paper, Can Anti-Natalists Oppose Human Extinction? for free! Follow Phil Torres on Twitter, and help support his work on Patreon! All these and several other interesting Phil Torres links below! https://www.xriskology.com/ Can Anti-Natalists Oppose Human Extinction?: https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/d9aaad_5c19d0f90633451795538906b12a1438.pdf https://twitter.com/xriskology http://humanflourishingproject.org/about/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/existentialrisk/overview https://hpluspedia.org/wiki/Phil_Torres https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3730000 https://hpluspedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Ethics_and_Emerging_Technologies Thank you for listening to The Exploring Antinatalism Podcast!  www.ExploringAntinatalism.com Amanda ‘Oldphan' Sukenick on YT: https://www.youtube.com/user/ForeverWolfFilms Mark J. Maharaj on YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjvhFJ3vZSYJ8_jjhjGxE7w Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExploringAN Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExploringAntinatalism Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exploring_antinatalism_podcast/ & email us at: exploringantinatalism@gmail.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA8FKcLhdLOHkZtrsGJGUoA Buzzsprout: https://exploringantinatalism.buzzsprout.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-exploring-antinatalism-podcast/id1497076755?uo=4 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS84MDU4NTMucnNz Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4cMIp3N1bQ1JRpyEUZfJFA Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/exploring-antinatalism Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-727548853 RSS feed: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/805853.rss Designed by Visions Noirs: www.bilenoire.com https://www.instagram.com/visionsnoires/ Logo by LifeSucks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCli91fEAsC8hZ7rexRzq9HQ Exploring Antinatalism t-shirts by LifeSucks on his Etsy page HERE: www.etsy.com/shop/LifeSucksPublishing NEW theme music by EyeDoubtIt! https://www.youtube.com/user/EyeDoubt

In this episode, we’re displaying the most impressive artists of the animal kingdom. From tiny visual masterpieces, to animals that can dance to a beat, we’re shining a spotlight on the art that can be found in nature.Deep in the Amazon rainforest, there’s a tiny structure that (if you’re able to spot it) catches your eye. The intricate silk henge is a mini masterpiece, and for some time nobody could say exactly what it was or why it existed. Phil Torres takes us on his journey of discovery and demystification.Next we’re exploring whether animals can dance to a beat and, if so, why? To help us try and answer that, we hear from Henkjan Honing, professor of Music Cognition at the University of Amsterdam. Finally, we turn our attention to Northern Australia’s great bowerbird. What can the males' elaborate constructions teach us about perspective?Thank you for listening to another series of the BBC Earth podcast.As ever, we love hearing from you on social media, so do share with us your favourite episode so far or a story that amazed, surprised or moved you…Website: www.bbcearth.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/bbcearth/Instagram: www.instagram.com/bbcearth/Twitter: www.twitter.com/bbcearth See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Josh Gates reúne a un excelente equipo de expertos para emprender expediciones al corazón de misterios inexplicables. Viajarán por todo el mundo para descubrir la verdad.Jessica Chobot y Phil Torres se sumergen en la leyenda de Mothman, el hombre-polilla, buscando pistas en un búnker abandonado y en una base supersecreta de las Fuerza Aéreas.

Phil Torres y Jessica Chobot siguen extraños orbes de luz hasta llegar a un volcán activo en Washington. El equipo se lanza a la búsqueda de respuestas de lo inexplicable. Josh Gates reúne a un excelente equipo de expertos para emprender expediciones al corazón de misterios inexplicables. Viajarán por todo el mundo para descubrir la verdad.

Well, the manifestation of a global catastrophic risk means that it's time for us to bring back the very first guest on this show, from back in 2017. Phil Torres is a scholar of existential risks - you can find him on Twitter @xriskology and his website at xriskology.com, and we are delighted to ask him back to the show to discuss the field of existential risks in the time of the coronavirus pandemic. In the second part of our interview, we discuss the field of existential risks more generally, Phil's recent work, and ramble about the concerns surrounding the utilitarian foundation of the philosophy.

Well, the manifestation of a global catastrophic risk means that it's time for us to bring back the very first guest on this show, from back in 2017. Phil Torres is a scholar of existential risks - you can find him on Twitter @xriskology and his website at xriskology.com, and we are delighted to ask him back to the show to discuss the field of existential risks in the time of the coronavirus pandemic.

This is the second part to the last episode, where Phil Flips the script and asked me some awesome questions about our trip to Panama together in 2015. Follow Phil on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phil_torres/?hl=en Phil's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClaC4xkueyTnrJQ6IvdMlgg Lil Dudes Insect Academy was created by me and is ran by me! If you don’t know who I am, “Nice to meet you! I’m Bradon”. My passion is to learn more about bugs and teach others about them! In my Podcasts we will be talking about everything bug-related! From best places to visit to putting them in your salad, we will just talk bugs! I will also be interviewing some professional Entomologists! Hope you stick around! If you would like to support me financially, Join the academy! https://www.patreon.com/Lildude Social media: https://www.instagram.com/lil.dudes.insect.academy/ https://www.facebook.com/lildudelovesbugs/ Special Thanks to my Patrons: Ashton .S Grady .S Katie + Logan Intro/Outro Song: Painted Forest by Dash 8 Music

In this episode, me and Phil Torres visit about his new tv show, his exciting adventures as an Entomologist, and the Mysterious Silkhenge... Follow Phil on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phil_torres/?hl=en Phil's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClaC4xkueyTnrJQ6IvdMlgg Lil Dudes Insect Academy was created by me and is ran by me! If you don’t know who I am, “Nice to meet you! I’m Bradon”. My passion is to learn more about bugs and teach others about them! In my Podcasts we will be talking about everything bug-related! From best places to visit to putting them in your salad, we will just talk bugs! I will also be interviewing some professional Entomologists! Hope you stick around! If you would like to support me financially, Join the academy! https://www.patreon.com/Lildude Social media: https://www.instagram.com/lil.dudes.insect.academy/ https://www.facebook.com/lildudelovesbugs/ Special Thanks to my Patrons: Ashton .S Grady .S Katie + Logan Intro/Outro Song: Painted Forest by Dash 8 Music

Hello everyone! This week it's a little different, as this felt to me as more of an advice episode than a straight up recommendation episode. I really wanted to talk about gardening but as it went on, and two recordings later, I decided to just morph it into getting a plant. Plus some tips and tricks that can help you and resources to look for more info. Hope you like it! Persuade You Social Media Facebook page Instagram Twitter Subreddit Xerces Society Milkweed Seed Finder Side Note: I wouldn't have known about the Xerces Society if it weren't for Phil Torres guesting on the Ologies podcast, so special shoutout to him and her. Link to the episode? Glad you asked Ologies: Lepidopterology with Phil Torres Subreddits mentioned: r/gardening r/indoorgarden r/botony r/houseplants r/orchids r/watchplantsgrow I really hope you enjoyed the episode! And go get yourself some flowers! You deserve them. Also please like and subscribe, and rate in whatever podcast player of choice you have. I'll see you next week! Music by Shane Ivers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/persuade/message

Since we just put out the "All (Washed) Hands on Deck" episode on Sunday, we figured a happy Springtime encore about fluttery, colorful cuties was in order -- with a few new updates and asides. Because ... Butterflies are gross. Yes they are delightful and beautiful and part of any idyllic picnic-scape but lepidopterologist, TV host and jungle explorer Phil Torres is here to gossip about how shamelessly disgusting our favorite bugs actually are. Learn their secrets, their mating habits, how they turn themselves into goo and then into another creature, what moth is the most goth, what flowers to plant to attract them, the scariest thing about the jungle and what it feels like to help discover new species. Also butterflies get sloppy drunk and we talk all about it. For more info, see: Phil-Torres.com Follow Phil on Twitter and Instagram and TikTok More info on the COVID-19 volunteer scientist database: https://tinyurl.com/COVID19SciVolunteers  Sponsor links: hellofresh.com/ologies10; linkedin.com/ologies Donations went to Xerces.org & MealsonWheelsAmerica.org Follow Phil's inspiration, @AndyBugGuy, on Twitter Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes! Follow @Ologies on Twitter or Instagram Follow @AlieWard on Twitter or Instagram Transcripts & bleeped episodes at: alieward.com/ologies-extras Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris Theme song by Nick Thorburn More links at www.alieward.com/ologies/lepidopterologyencore Support the show.

My guest this week is the well timed Phil Torres (@@xriskology), an expert on existential risk. We discuss the field of existential risk and several top contenders for what might kill us all.Phil's website: https://www.xriskology.com/Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36sMusic by GW RodriguezSibling Pod Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoidIf you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!If you enjoyed this and want to discuss more, start a conversation with me here: https://letter.wiki/AaronRabinowitz/conversationsNext week: Sentientism with Jamie Woodhouse (for reals this time)

Times of uncertainty have a way of revealing the mindset of a society, and today’s imminent threats - from COVID-19 to political instability and global warming - are revealing a mental shift that emotion-led brands are responding to. A new league of brands has created businesses around beautifully designed, high style, premium disaster kits and products that are suddenly relevant in a space that’s gotten very little attention in the past. Meanwhile, the world’s elite have invested in luxury bunkers, exotic real estate and indulgent doomsday plans. When did disaster preparedness become so fashionable? What can these companies teach us about branding in a time of crisis?We speak with BBC and Vox journalist Colleen Hagerty, eschatologist and end-of-world expert Phil Torres, and founders Ryan Kuhlman and Lauren Tafuri of the popular disaster kit brand Preppi to explore the different narratives and deep rooted human beliefs that make sense of this trend. Don’t be misled by beautiful design and luxury veneers. There’s something going on in the subtext here that can explain a meaningful shift in our cultural values.  Links to interesting things mentioned in this episode: Exploring Our Endless Obsession With the End (Psychology Today): https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/about-thinking/201602/exploring-our-endless-obsession-the-endPsychology Reveals the Comforts of the Apocalypse (Scientific American): https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/psychology-reveals-the-comforts-of-the-apocalypse/Most Americans are not prepared for a disaster. Now survival kits are all over Instagram. (Vox): https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/3/2/21151040/disaster-prep-survival-prepper-kit-judy-kim-kardashian-hurricane-fireThe US Town Prepping for ‘Devastating’ Disaster (BBC): https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-43841897/the-us-town-prepping-for-devastating-disasterDoomsday Prep for the Super Rich (The New Yorker): https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/30/doomsday-prep-for-the-super-richHow To Think Like A Brand Strategist (including a study on Costco) (Medium): https://medium.com/swlh/how-to-think-like-a-brand-strategist-4b5b5ec128c5For more brand strategy thinking: https://www.theconceptbureau.com/

In this week's questions show, I introduce Ona, by request. I explain why I don't think going to space is going to fix the big challenges that humanity faces, and how do astronomers figure out how big a planet is? Talking about existential threats with Phil Torres https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKYTrKapyrs 00:00 Meet Ona 02:00 Will going to space fix our evil humanness? 04:40 Sparks under the space shuttle main engine 05:27 How do we know how big a planet is? 07:23 Can we push the Earth outward? 10:03 Why make so many telescopes? 11:50 Will we see less of the Universe in the future? 13:16 Will we have space colonies in my lifetime? 15:50 Is life beyond the scope of our ability to observe? 17:56 What about planets with long orbital periods? 19:57 What would happen if magnetars collided? 21:44 What will the CMB look like in billions of years? Want to be part of the questions show? Ask a short question on any video on my channel. I gather a bunch up each week, and answer them here. Our Book is out! https://www.amazon.com/Universe-Today-Ultimate-Viewing-Cosmos/dp/1624145442/ Audio Podcast version: ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/universe-today-guide-to-space-audio/id794058155?mt=2 RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/audio What Fraser's Watching Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmkjd428BcHcCEVWOjv7cJ1G Weekly email newsletter: https://www.universetoday.com/newsletter Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ Astronomy Cast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUHI67dh9jEO2rvK--MdCSg Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: http://www.universetoday.com/ Twitch: https://twitch.tv/fcain Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universetoday Instagram - https://instagram.com/universetoday Team: Fraser Cain - @fcain / frasercain@gmail.com Karla Thompson - @karlaii / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEItkORQYd4Wf0TpgYI_1fw Chad Weber - weber.chad@gmail.comSupport Universe Today Podcast

In this episode I talk to Phil Torres. Phil is an author and researcher who primarily focuses on existential risk. He is currently a visiting researcher at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at Cambridge University. He has published widely on emerging technologies, terrorism, and existential risks, with articles appearing in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Futures, Erkenntnis, Metaphilosophy, Foresight, Journal of Future Studies, and the Journal of Evolution and Technology. He is the author of several books, including most recently Morality, Foresight, and Human Flourishing: An Introduction to Existential Risks. We talk about the problem of apocalyptic terrorists, the proliferation dual-use technology and the governance problem that arises as a result. This is both a fascinating and potentially terrifying discussion.You can download the episode here or listen below. You can also subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and a variety of other podcasting services (the RSS feed is here). Show Notes0:00 – Introduction3:14 – What is existential risk? Why should we care?8:34 – The four types of agential risk/omnicidal terrorists17:51 – Are there really omnicidal terror agents?20:45 – How dual-use technology give apocalyptic terror agents the means to their desired ends27:54 – How technological civilisation is uniquely vulernable to omnicidal agents32:00 – Why not just stop creating dangerous technologies?36:47 – Making the case for mass surveillance41:08 – Why mass surveillance must be asymmetrical45:02 – Mass surveillance, the problem of false positives and dystopian governance56:25 – Making the case for benevolent superintelligent governance1:02:51 – Why advocate for something so fantastical?1:06:42 – Is an anti-tech solution any more fantastical than a benevolent AI solution?1:10:20 – Does it all just come down to values: are you a techno-optimist or a techno-pessimist?Relevant LinksPhil’s webpage‘Superintelligence and the Future of Governance:
On Prioritizing the Control Problem at the End of History’ by PhilMorality, Foresight, and Human Flourishing: An Introduction to Existential Risks by Phil‘The Vulnerable World Hypothesis” by Nick BostromPhil’s comparison of his paper with Bostrom’s paperThe Guardian orders the small-pox genomeSlaughterbotsThe Future of Violence by Ben Wittes and Gabriela BlumFuture Crimes by Marc Goodman The Dyn Cyberattack Autonomous Technology by Langdon Winner'Biotechnology and the Lifetime of Technological Civilisations’ by JG Sotos The God Machine Thought Experiment (Persson and Savulescu)  #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; } /* Add your own MailChimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. */ Subscribe to the newsletter

In this episode I talk to Phil Torres. Phil is an author and researcher who primarily focuses on existential risk. He is currently a visiting researcher at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at Cambridge University. He has published widely on emerging technologies, terrorism, and existential risks, with articles appearing in the Bulletin … More #59 – Torres on Existential Risk, Omnicidal Agents and Superintelligence

Catastrophic Climate Change. Superintelligent AI. It's the end of the world as we know it on this edition of Parallax Views as author and researcher Phil Torres joins us to discuss the emerging field of study known as existential risks. The concept of existential risk, which philosopher Nick Bostrom describes as "One where an adverse outcome would either annihilate Earth-originating intelligent life or permanently and drastically curtail its potential", may seem like the stuff of a dystopian sci-fi story, but in an age of rising right-wing populism, declining democracies, and anthropomorphic climate change it may be worth considering the topic seriously. Additionally, Phil and I also delve into his recent run-ins with New Atheist. Despite being influenced by the New Atheists, Phil has been more than willing to criticize where he feels they get things wrong. In particular Phil recently took issue with what he argues is the poor and sloppy scholarship of juggernaut New Atheist public intellectual Steven Pinker's Enlightenment Now. Phil and I discuss why he critiqued Pinker's latest book, the fallout from it, and his run-ins with other New Atheist and "rationalist" adjacent figures like Peter Boghossian. Moreover, we also cover the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) and whether it is a threat to human life. Phil argues that, while the popular conception of a Terminator-style Skynet scenario isn't likely, there are real risks involved with the development of artificial intelligence. All that and much more on this edition of Parallax Views! SUPPORT PARALLAX VIEWS ON PATREON!

In this episode I talk to Seth Baum. Seth is an interdisciplinary researcher working across a wide range of fields in natural and social science, engineering, philosophy, and policy. His primary research focus is global catastrophic risk. He also works in astrobiology. He is the Co-Founder (with Tony Barrett) and Executive Director of the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute. He is also a Research Affiliate of the University of Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. We talk about the importance of studying the long-term future of human civilisation, and map out four possible trajectories for the long-term future.You can download the episode here or listen below. You can also subscribe on a variety of different platforms, including iTunes, Stitcher, Overcast, Podbay, Player FM and more. The RSS feed is available here. Show Notes0:00 - Introduction1:39 - Why did Seth write about the long-term future of human civilisation?5:15 - Why should we care about the long-term future? What is the long-term future?13:12 - How can we scientifically and ethically study the long-term future?16:04 - Is it all too speculative?20:48 - Four possible futures, briefly sketched: (i) status quo; (ii) catastrophe; (iii) technological transformation; and (iv) astronomical23:08 - The Status Quo Trajectory - Keeping things as they are28:45 - Should we want to maintain the status quo?33:50 - The Catastrophe Trajectory - Awaiting the likely collapse of civilisation38:58 - How could we restore civilisation post-collapse? Should we be working on this now?44:00 - Are we under-investing in research into post-collapse restoration?49:00 - The Technological Transformation Trajectory - Radical change through technology52:35 - How desirable is radical technological change?56:00 - The Astronomical Trajectory - Colonising the solar system and beyond58:40 - Is the colonisation of space the best hope for humankind?1:07:22 - How should the study of the long-term future proceed from here?  Relevant LinksSeth's homepageThe Global Catastrophic Risk Institute"Long-Term Trajectories for Human Civilisation" by Baum et al"The Perils of Short-Termism: Civilisation's Greatest Threat" by Fisher, BBC NewsThe Knowledge by Lewis Dartnell"Space Colonization and the Meaning of Life" by Baum, Nautilus"Astronomical Waste: The Opportunity Cost of Delayed Technological Development" by Nick Bostrom"Superintelligence as a Cause or Cure for Risks of Astronomical Suffering" by Kaj Sotala and Lucas Gloor"Space Colonization and Suffering Risks" by Phil Torres"Thomas Hobbes in Space: The Problem of Intergalactic War" by John Danaher    #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; } /* Add your own MailChimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. */ Subscribe to the newsletter

What is the chance of the human race surviving the 21st century? There are many dangers – climate change for example, or nuclear war, or a pandemic, or planet Earth being hit by a giant asteroid. Around the world a number of research centres have sprung up to investigate and mitigate what’s called existential risk. How precarious is our civilisation and can we all play a part in preventing global catastrophe? Contributors Anders Sandberg, Future of Humanity Institute. Phil Torres, Future of Life Institute. Karin Kuhlemann, University College London. Simon Beard, Centre for Existential Risk. Lalitha Sundaram, Centre for Existential Risk. Seth Baum, Global Catastrophic Risk Institute. Film clip: Armageddon, Touchstone Pictures (1998), Directed by Michael Bay. Presented (cheerily) by David Edmonds. Producer: Diane Richardson

My guest today is Phil Torres, author, journalist and the founder of the X-Risks Institute. He tracks the ways the world could end. He's the author of Morality, Foresight and Human Florishing. An Introduction to Existential RisksSupport Universe Today Podcast

My guest today is Phil Torres, author, journalist and the founder of the X-Risks Institute. He tracks the ways the world could end. He's the author of Morality, Foresight and Human Florishing. An Introduction to Existential Risks

Returning to the show is everyone's favorite scholar of global catastrophic risks, Phil Torres! In the first half of the show, we discuss how global risk has changed and evolved in the years since Trump was elected. I also ask Phil if climate change has gotten so dire that it overshadows other existential risks. In the second half, we discuss the recent article Phil wrote for Salon, in which he was very critical of some of Steven Pinker's scholarship in his book Enlightenment Now. Pinker responded in a roundabout way on Jerry Coyne's blog. I also highly recommend you check out this thread by Mangy Jay on Twitter in which she breaks down some other problems with Pinker's book. Check out Phil's latest book!

Physical Attraction: 100th Episode Competition Physical Attraction is the podcast focused on physics, science and technology – and we’re about to reach a very big milestone when our 100th episode releases later on this year. To celebrate, we’re hosting a special competition with FABULOUS PRIZES.  To enter, you need to send us your answer to the question “What is physics?”, either in written form, or (even better) recorded by you on some suitable equipment. Ideally, entries will be more than a few sentences long and no longer than 1000 words / ten minutes spoken audio, although exceptions will be made for shorter or longer entries of exceptional quality!  You can interpret this as broadly or as specifically as you like, and it doesn’t have to be a dictionary definition. What has physics meant in your life? How do you view the boundaries between physics and “other sciences”? What role do you think physics and physicists have to play in society, in our pursuit of knowledge, philosophically? What does physics mean in the modern world? What can it mean in the future? Or you can focus on some specific aspect of physics that fascinates you.  All suitable entries will form part of the 100th episode extravaganza, which is why I want to get as many different perspectives as possible. You will be on the podcast! Feel free to introduce yourself and details of your own story. All suitable entries will also receive a Physical Attraction postcard and ceramic mug, alongside free download links for the extra bonus episodes that we’ve released so far. Then there will be first and second place prizes!  The second place winner receives everything above, plus books by Physical Attraction interview guests Phil Torres, Simon Ings, Britt Wray, and SMBC Zach Weinersmith: Phil Torres - Morality, Foresight, and Human FlourishingSimon Ings – Stalin and the Scientists Britt Wray – Rise of the Necrofauna Zach and Kelly Weinersmith - Soonish The first place winner receives everything from second place, including the four books, plus the right to choose the subject of one episode of the show – anything science and technology-related, topic subject to discussion. I will then research, write, and record that episode, which can include a special dedication to the contest prize winner as part of it.  Sounds good? Great! Get your entries in by March 31st 2019 to be eligible.  Entries should be submitted via the competition email physicspod@outlook.com, or you can contact me on Twitter @physicspod or Facebook.   All details of the contest can be found here: www.physicspodcast.com/about while you can contact us for any clarifications here: http://physicalattraction.libsyn.com/contact 

How can we better convey the science behind sustainability to the general public so that people will be more interested and motivated to take action? How do insects tie into this picture of sustainability, and why is their presence so vital to our sustainable future?   Sharing his wisdom here is Phil Torres, a biologist with an appetite for adventure. Known for his fieldwork in the Amazon rainforest, he documents his research on his YouTube channel, The Jungle Diaries, and is also the host of United Airlines' Big Metal Bird, and The CW's Ready Set Pet. He's also appeared on Animal Planet and Discovery Channel, and has published in Wired, BBC, National Geographic, Wall Street Journal, and more. Let's dive in.   HIGHLIGHTS [8:40] Phil explains how the decisions we make locally have global effects. [12:58] Kaméa: "What led you to become a science communicator?" [19:14] Why it's important to take the time to notice and acknowledge the nature and living creatures around us. [20:26] Kaméa: "What do you think is the most challenging part of getting people to care?" [24:42] Phil shares an experience that really shocked him during his work as a TV host. [28:42] The role of insects in sustainability. [33:40] How insect populations may be indicative of the health of our planet.   Thanks for bringing your light! Find the full show notes with links and resources at www.greendreamer.com/102, subscribe to our newsletter to win monthly giveaways, and share your #1 takeaway from the episode tagging our featured guest and me @KameaChayne to spread the light and to let us know you're tuning in!

Doomsday. The apocalypse. The End. Join scholar, author and professional existential risk philosopher Phil Torres for a surprisingly jovial romp through different "Oops we're screwed" scenarios that will lead to the destruction of the planet or extinction of our species. (Not to be confused with lepidopterologist/butterfly man, Phil Torres.) Find out where we're at on Ye Olde Doomsday clock, if any of us should have babies, if AI will destroy us, pop-cultural Antichrists, Black Mirror, simulations, technology as friend or foe, why voting matters (lookin’ at you, America) and how to remain chill in the face of doom. Also: the hottest underground bunkers on the market. Phil Torres is on Twitter @Xriskology and his website is www.risksandreligion.org Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes! Follow @Ologies on Twitter or Instagram Follow @AlieWard on Twitter or Instagram More links at www.alieward.com Sound editing by Steven Ray Morris Theme song by Nick Thorburn Support the show.

The CW has just launched a new Saturday morning show called, Ready, Set, Pet, hosted by Phil Torres. Phil has appeared on shows like Animal Planet and Discovery Channel, and has been published in Wired, BBC, National Geographic, WSJ, MSNBC, and more. Ready, Set, Pet will educate and inform teens and their families about pet adoption, responsible pet ownership, and the importance of a green space for pets. Each episode, Phil will guide a family through the pet adoption process after a careful look at their unique situation to help them make an informed decision in finding the right pet for their lifestyle. While the family visits local shelters and rescues, experts revitalize their outdoor space to make a safe and eco-friendly home for their new pet.. Ready, Set, Pet will teach viewers that thoughtful preparation is key when learning to care for an animal's needs. Join us as we talk with Phil on today's episode!

Poland’s Anti-Abortion Initiative:BBC, “Poland abortion: Parliament rejects near-total ban.” Accessed October 13, 2016. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-... Anti-Blasphemy in the Digital Age:Joelle Fiss, “Anti-blasphemy in the digital age: When hardliners take over.” Accessed October 13, 2016. https://www.brookings.edu/research/an... New Atheists Set to Work with Reform Minded Muslims:Robyn Blumner, “Newsletter September 21, 2016.” Accessed October 12, 2016. http://us8.campaign-archive2.com/?u=d...Peter Boghossian, James Lindsay, & Phil Torres, “How to Fight Extremism with Atheism.” Accessed October 12, 2016. http://time.com/4484681/new-atheism-j... Freedom From Religion Foundation National Convention:FFRF, “FFRF Pittsburgh convention unveils major surprise opening night.” Accessed October 6, 2016. https://ffrf.org/news/news-releases/i... News Ticker:Ray Sanchez, “Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore suspended over same-sex marriage order.” Accessed October 12, 2016. http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/30/politic... Ekathimerini.com, “State, Church make peace after row on religion classes.” Chttp://www.ekathimerini.com/212591/ar... Hemant Mehta, “Texas County Leaders Reject Atheist Banner on Courthouse Lawn (But the Nativity Scene Can Stay)” Accessed October 6, 2016. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendly... Jennifer Fenn Lefferts, “Public grants can be used for church renovations, judge rules.” Accessed October 12, 2016. https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/reg...

Ariel Cohen, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, on President Trump’s address to the UN, how it will impact Iran-US relations, and what to expect from this week’s assembly. Phil Torres, Global Co-Head of Emerging Markets at Aegon Asset Management, on why he bought Turkey this summer. Richard F. Chambers, President and CEO of The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), discusses why US corporations may have a false sense of security regarding the impact of a trade war. Shira Ovide, Bloomberg Opinion technology columnist, on the Instagram founders leaving Facebook.  Hosted by Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz.

In the popular science show 'Ologies', host Alie Ward speaks to some of the best ologists on the planet about their passions, and the most interesting stuff they're discovering. The featured episode is all about moths and butterflies or lepidopterology and features Phil Torres, a well-travelled TV host and lepidopterologist.

In a recent detailed critique, Phil Torres lays out all the ways in which Pinker's chapter on existential risks from Enlightenment Now, gets the discipline of existential risks entirely wrong. As this one of my areas of interest I examine Torres' arguments, but also I add a religious aspect to the entire thing which Torres intentionally avoids. In the end it's apparent that Pinker made repeated errors in the chapter, and that Torres despite being in a much better position could also probably learn something from looking at religion.

Butterflies are gross. Yes they are delightful and beautiful and part of any idyllic picnic-scape but lepidopterologist, TV host and jungle explorer Phil Torres is here to gossip about how shamelessly disgusting our favorite bugs actually are. Learn their secrets, their mating habits, how they turn themselves into goo and then into another creature, what moth os the most goth, what flowers to plant to attract them, the scariest thing about the jungle and what it feels like to help discover new species. Also butterflies get sloppy drunk and we talk all about it. For more info, see: Phil-Torres.com Follow Phil on Twitter and Instagram Follow Phil's inspiration, @AndyBugGuy, on Twitter Xerces.org has resources on native plants Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes! Follow @Ologies on Twitter or Instagram Follow @AlieWard on Twitter or Instagram More links at www.alieward.com Support the show.

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This is the much-anticipated second part of the Phil Torres Tapes! We have a guest on the show today – Phil Torres. Phil Torres is an author, Affiliate Scholar at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, former contributor at the Future of Life Institute, and founding Director of the X-Risks Institute. He has published in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Skeptic, Free Inquiry, The Humanist, Journal of Future Studies, Bioethics, Journal of Evolution and Technology, Foresight, Erkenntnis, and Metaphilosophy, as well as popular media like Time, Motherboard, Salon, Common Dreams, Counterpunch, Alternet, The Progressive, and Truthout. I was absolutely delighted that he agreed to be interviewed for a show like ours, and so I urge you to seek out his website – risksandreligion.org – and buy one of his books. There’s “The End – what Science and Religion have to tell us about the Apocalypse”, which is on my shelf already, and, recently, we have Morality, Foresight, and Human Flourishing, which is is an introduction to the whole field of existential risks. So I would urge you all, if you’re interested in this topic – that of risks to the entire human species, which I think we can agree affects us all – to buy one of those books. This is the second part of our conversation, which focuses on AI, Superintelligence, and the control problem. How can we deal with AI, how will it impact our lives and have we any hope of controlling a superintelligent AI? There's plenty more general discussion about existential risks, too.  Follow Phil @xriskology and the show @physicspod. 

Special Halloween Episode! Phil Torres joins us to talk about his new book about how--statistically--your world will probably end by 2100. Rather than a call for nihilism, this is a call for careful and thoughtful steps forward. So that, you know, we don't all die from misadventure with AI, nuclear weapons, or nanomanufacturing. We're talking with Phil about his new book, Morality, Foresight, and Human Flourishing: An Introduction to Existential Risk, which was a great read and we highly recommend it! (This is Phil's second visit on Future Left, so if you'd like to hear more about Phil's work, you can check that out here: http://www.futureleft.org/home/2016/11/20/future-left-podcast-ep-48-contemplating-the-end-times-with-phil-torres) Subscribe to Future Left Podcast on SoundCloud, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and YouTube. There was a ton of ground to cover, so we ended up going wayyyyyy over time, but we cut the episode into three parts to facilitate your listening enjoyment.

Part 1-- Phil Torres describes the field of Existential Risks.

Part 2--Phil Torres explains the philosophy of tech. Is it inherently dangerous?

Part 3-- While existential risks are all around us and maybe even statistically likely, politics still matters. Phil Torres explains.

We have a guest on the show today – Phil Torres. Phil Torres is an author, Affiliate Scholar at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, former contributor at the Future of Life Institute, and founding Director of the X-Risks Institute. He has published in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Skeptic, Free Inquiry, The Humanist, Journal of Future Studies, Bioethics, Journal of Evolution and Technology, Foresight, Erkenntnis, and Metaphilosophy, as well as popular media like Time, Motherboard, Salon, Common Dreams, Counterpunch, Alternet, The Progressive, and Truthout. I was absolutely delighted that he agreed to be interviewed for a show like ours, and so I urge you to seek out his website – risksandreligion.org – and buy one of his books. There’s “The End – what Science and Religion have to tell us about the Apocalypse”, which is on my shelf already, and, forthcoming, we have Morality, Foresight, and Human Flourishing, which is going to act as an introduction to the whole field of existential risks, which people have been thinking about for a good deal of time now. So I would urge you all, if you’re interested in this topic – that of risks to the entire human species, which I think we can agree affects us all – to buy one of those books. This is the first part of our conversation, which touches on what is meant by an existential risk, some specific examples from the modern world in terms of nuclear profileration and nuclear accidents; transhumanism, and how our societies and institutions can deal with existential risks more effectively. We talk about the field in general and how we can hope to think more constructively about the end of the world - without waving a 'The End is Nigh' sign! The second part, which focuses on AI, will be released shortly. Follow Phil @xriskology and the show @physicspod.

Nick Bostrom: there’s a 25% chance of 'existential catastrophe' by 2100 ... Reasons to fear superintelligent machines… ... …and the growing accessibility of biotechnology ... Why space colonization probably won’t save us ... Did climate change nurture ISIS? ... Technological progress as a bug, not a feature ...

Got a nice long action packed episode for you today. In what was originally going to be a two parter, Phil Torres and I talk about the simulation argument made popular by Nick Bostrom. I highly recommend you read the original paper and some of the other resources found here. In the second half, I make … Continue reading AS290: Are We Living In A Simulation? With Phil Torres → The post AS290: Are We Living In A Simulation? With Phil Torres appeared first on Atheistically Speaking.

Phil Torres is an author, contributing writer for the Future of Life Institute, and an Affiliate Scholar at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. His writing has been featured in numerous publications such as Time, Motherboard, Salon, Huffington Post, and our very own Free Inquiry. His book is The End: What Science and Religion Tell Us About the Apocalypse.   Since the beginning of civilization, people have worried about its collapse. Pockets of people across the world have long warned that the end is near, and as it turns out, their warnings of apocalypse might be closer to the truth than we think. Torres joins Point of Inquiry host Josh Zepps to discuss just how close we are to experiencing catastrophes that have the potential to fuel our demise. With everything from climate change and biodiversity loss to uncontrollable technologies and the greater accessibility of advanced weaponry, Torres predicts that the human race is going to have some major hurdles to overcome if we want to survive the coming century.

This week Phil Torres from the X-Risks Institute talks about his book, The End: What Science and Religion Tell Us About the Apocalypse, end-of-the-world scenarios, why our technology can be our savior but also our doom and what we can do to keep this from happening. To contact Phil, check out his website here. To... The post Sensibly Speaking Podcast #54: It’s the End of the World (ft. Phil Torres) appeared first on The Sensibly Speaking Podcast.

Phil Torres is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show. Phil is an author, contributor at the Future of Life Institute, Affiliate Scholar at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, and founder of the X-Risks Institute. In this week's episode of the podcast, Phil and Chauncey talk about the future, extinction level events, emerging technologies, the Terminator films A.I. scenario, the singularity, and the role of technology in human development. Chauncey and Phil also do some sharing about the puzzle of "expertise," religion and mass psychology, low information voters, and the rise of Donald Trump.   During this week's podcast, Chauncey talks about his recent appearance on The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann, Jim Crow-like Black Codes in Baltimore and their thuggish cops, and the new movie Suicide Squad. Chauncey also reads some kind fan emails and has a good time mocking the future predictions of America in 2034 as offered up by white supremacists.

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Today I’m joined by existential risk expert Phil Torres! Phil wrote a book called The End, in which he detailed out several different ways that humanity might become extinct. Phil has written several fascinating articles for a few different online publications, and he’s here to talk about some of the ideas he has explored in … Continue reading AS256: Super AI and Terrorism, with Phil Torres → The post AS256: Super AI and Terrorism, with Phil Torres appeared first on Atheistically Speaking.

Author and philosopher Phil Torres (The End) joins Cara to talk about how eschatologies (end-of-the-world theologies), may be paving the way for a secular apocalypse, and how we can mitigate existential risk by applying scientific rigor to these big-picture philosophical quandaries. Follow Phil: @xriskology.

Author and philosopher Phil Torres (The End) joins Cara to talk about how eschatologies (end-of-the-world theologies), may be paving the way for a secular apocalypse, and how we can mitigate existential risk by applying scientific rigor to these big-picture philosophical quandaries. Follow Phil: @xriskology.

Phil Torres talks about existential risks to humanity - climate change, nuclear war, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, and religious extremism

Phil Torres is a philosopher and author who writes extensively about the intersection of religion and technology. He’s a regular contributor at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. His latest book is called The End: What Science and Religion Tell Us About the Apocalypse. We spoke with him about why super-intelligence could come back to haunt us, how religious thinking mixed with weapons could bring us closer to doom, and whether we can reason with those who want to get closer to the afterlife.

This week I have an incredibly interesting guest by the name of Phil Torres. Phil just wrote a book called The End: What Science and Religion Tell Us about the Apocalypse. We’ve got a really cool 2 part discussion for you. In today’s part, we discuss some other issues like foreign policy, the Middle East, … Continue reading AS216: The End, with Phil Torres, part 2 → The post AS216: The End, with Phil Torres, part 2 appeared first on Atheistically Speaking.

This week I have an incredibly interesting guest by the name of Phil Torres. Phil just wrote a book called The End: What Science and Religion Tell Us about the Apocalypse. We’ve got a really cool 2 part discussion for you. In today’s part, we talk about Phil and the book and the different ways … Continue reading AS215: The End, with Phil Torres → The post AS215: The End, with Phil Torres appeared first on Atheistically Speaking.

Extreme Entomology and the Amazon with Phil Torres, entomologist, host of TechKnow and science adventurer! Underneath your feet, in your bed, on your body live the creepy crawly things of nightmares. We are gonna talk about them, laugh at them and maybe eat them. With comedian guests Kyle Kinane and Nicole Byer.

Entomologist Phil Torres ("TechKnow") tells Cara about life in the Amazonian rainforest and a hilariously dangerous mishap with spitting cobra venom. Bonus! He performs a song about frogs that's sure to make you smile. Follow Phil: @phil_torres.

Entomologist Phil Torres ("TechKnow") tells Cara about life in the Amazonian rainforest and a hilariously dangerous mishap with spitting cobra venom. Bonus! He performs a song about frogs that's sure to make you smile. Follow Phil: @phil_torres.

Phil Torres is a man you can expect to hear a lot more of in the North Carolina music scene. For the past few years he's been blazing musical trails as Baobab alongside his partner Whitney Trettiien, but recently he broke out of the “folktronic” territory and has begun to craft heady dance tracks under the moniker Crowdsource. On this electronically themed show, I spoke at length with Phil about the origin of his electronic obsession, how he crafts these infectious beats and some of his sampling sources. Alongside the songwriting aspects of his music, the conversation frequently delved into more logistical territories of electronic composition. For starters, many have harped on the lack of showmanship involved with live electronic sets, a qualm that's quite frankly ill-founded. Phil discusses his live set-up along with some of his major inspirations for delving into the EDM side of the electronic spectrum. Check out our full conversation, along with three brand new Crowdsource tracks from his forthcoming album Bit Rot Blues.

Entomologist Phil Torres sits down with Gil to talk all about bugs! He talks about what an entomologist does, tells stories of scary bugs and talks about his work with bugs in the Amazon!

If you want to hear about cobra venom in your eye and tramping around the jungles like a *real* biologist, then Phil Torres is your man and this is your episode!  Plus, the behind-the-scenes story of the Donald Trump caterpillar.  Don't miss this one!

Phil Torres, in addition to fronting Baobab, has a MS in neuroscience and spent a year as a visiting graduate student in the philosophy department at Harvard.  He has just published his first book entitled A Crisis of Faith: Atheism, Emerging Technologies and the Future of Humanity.  Whitney Trettien joins Torres on-stage for live shows.  She is a Ph.D. student in English at Duke University.  Despite their busy lives and amazing intellect, they still find time to wow us lesser mortals with their inspiring music.  They are a spectacle to see live as they loop guitars and synths over vocals complete with live drumming.  In addition to the music, Torres also makes some interesting videos to accompany some of his songs.Baobab can be seen touring at various venues around the Triangle.  With a double album release party coming up on the 22nd with Virgins Family Band at the Local 506, we can look forward to some great things ahead.  This album, aptly titled BAYOHBAHB, will be released by Hand Eye Records. After playing for a year now with these first batch of songs, we can expect Torres' restless spirit to have somehow found a way to improve upon his already perfected craft of beautiful, percussive acoustics with complementing electronics.  With a project that started for Torres as a retreat from writing his book, we can only hope that Baobab has become as important to Torres as it has to the Triangle music scene.http://baobabtheband.com/http://baobabmusic.bandcamp.com/http://www.facebook.com/baobabthebandCheck out the interview and in-studio performance with Phil Torres accompanied by the Virgins Family Band below which also included some exclusive premieres off the upcoming album BAYOHBAHB.