Podcasts about possible worlds

As a listener of TOE you can get a special 20% off discount to The Economist and all it has to offer! Visit https://www.economist.com/toe Are the laws of physics governing forces or elegant summaries? In this deep and often humorous debate, Barry Loewer of Rutgers and Eddy Chen of UC San Diego clash over the very nature of physical reality. Are the laws of nature real, mind independent constraints that shape what's possible or are they human made descriptions of observed patterns? Together they explore metaphysics, causation, probability, and whether the universe is truly ruled by anything at all. A must watch for anyone questioning the foundations of science itself. Join My New Substack (Personal Writings): https://curtjaimungal.substack.com Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e Timestamps: 00:00 The Nature of Physical Reality 42:28 The Circularity of Scientific Understanding 1:05:44 Reality Explored 1:08:28 Describing Human Experience 1:10:10 The Role of Science 1:10:58 Understanding Motion and Laws 1:12:19 The Nature of Laws 1:14:55 Possible Worlds in Philosophy 1:18:05 Configuration Space Debate 1:21:10 Quantum Mechanics and Reality 1:22:50 Metaphysical Necessity 1:27:13 The Nature of Free Will 1:30:14 Bridging Philosophy and Science 1:32:05 Constraints and Freedom 1:34:57 Philosophical Disputes 1:39:08 The Journey of Learning 2:05:16 Teaching and Learning Dynamics 2:07:23 Closing Reflections Links Mentioned: •⁠ ⁠Barry's published papers: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=n_RTOwO00oEC&hl=en •⁠ ⁠Eddy's published papers: https://arxiv.org/a/chen_e_1.html •⁠ ⁠Neil Turok on TOE: https://youtu.be/ZUp9x44N3uE •⁠ ⁠Greg Chaitin on TOE: https://youtu.be/zMPnrNL3zsE •⁠ ⁠Leonard Susskind on TOE: https://youtu.be/2p_Hlm6aCok •⁠ ⁠Emily Adlam on TOE: https://youtu.be/6I2OhmVWLMs •⁠ ⁠Laws of Nature and Chances (book): https://www.amazon.com/Laws-Nature-Chances-Breathes-Equations/dp/0198907699 •⁠ ⁠Laws of Physics (book): https://www.amazon.com/Laws-Physics-Elements-Philosophy/dp/100901272X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1CHA72RYFUOI8&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.OjkhTXRzZw_SWTMFZp8dUtREsTxacKuwg03AsLUUp6qLCuygS74CtEgujWl7wMvVEt-ErFEz-CfFLiiXTmuUCwKq0TW4WLFIA3DIhDNVaV4.gRuqaZldjUa8Kv_j1ew-CfZGQqtdt00X55fyMZ9NGD4&dib_tag=se&keywords=eddy+chen&qid=1749667626&s=books&sprefix=eddy+chen%2Cstripbooks%2C128&sr=1-1 •⁠ ⁠On the Plurality of Worlds (book): https://www.amazon.com/Plurality-Worlds-David-K-Lewis/dp/0631224262 •⁠ ⁠Tim Maudlin on TOE: https://youtu.be/fU1bs5o3nss •⁠ ⁠Tim Maudlin and Tim Palmer on TOE: https://youtu.be/883R3JlZHXE •⁠ ⁠How Physics Makes Us Free (book): https://www.amazon.com/How-Physics-Makes-Us-Free/dp/0190269448 •⁠ ⁠From Time Asymmetry to Quantum Entanglement (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2006.05029 •⁠ ⁠Jacob Barandes on TOE: https://youtu.be/7oWip00iXbo •⁠ ⁠Realism with a Human Face (book): https://www.amazon.com/Realism-Human-Face-Hilary-Putnam/dp/0674749456 •⁠ ⁠Causation and Laws of Nature in Early Modern Philosophy (book): https://www.amazon.com/Causation-Nature-Early-Modern-Philosophy/dp/0199664684/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0 •⁠ ⁠The Maniac (book): https://www.amazon.com/MANIAC-Benjamin-Labatut/dp/0593654471 •⁠ ⁠When We Cease to Understand the World (book): https://www.amazon.com/When-We-Cease-Understand-World/dp/1681375664 •⁠ ⁠Eddy's paper on time and nature: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2109.09226 SUPPORT: - Become a YouTube Member (Early Access Videos): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join - Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal - Support me on Crypto: https://commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/de803625-87d3-4300-ab6d-85d4258834a9 - Support me on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=XUBHNMFXUX5S4 SOCIALS: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt - Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs #science Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ако това, което правим, ви харесва, вижте как можете да подкрепите Ratio тук: ratio.bg/support/ Любомир Бабуров, Александър Попов и Стоян Ставру обсъждат: - Чака ли ни Вселената? - Какво представлява „възвисяването на животните“? - Как еволюират паяците? - Каква е съдбата на филолозите? - Какво представлява „клеймото на Кайн“ и защо просто не можем да живеем заедно, без да се нахвърляме един върху друг? - Каква е разликата между простия разказ и Разбирането? - Може ли сътрудничеството да доминира над агресията… без използването на феромони? - Кои са децата на времето? - Има ли сираци във времето? - Товар ли е миналото и колко е важен индивидът? - Страшна ли е смъртта и каква е ролята на поколенията? - Има ли пазар за… старостта? - До къде стига „пандемията на разума“? - Какво може да каже за живота си един фотон? - Възможна ли е емпатия (разбиране) без разбиране (емпатия)? - Къде стои човекът между паяците и маймуните? - Каква „диагноза“ може да поставим на фантастиката днес? В далечното бъдеще човечеството е достигнало технологичен зенит и се е впуснало в трансформации на планети, за да ги направи годни за живот. Един от тези експерименти е ръководен от доктор Аврана Керн, която е част от група учени, вярващи, че бъдещето на човешката раса зависи от създаването на усъвършенствани интелигентни видове, които да съжителстват с хората. Тя създава вирус, предназначен да ускори еволюцията на примати, които да бъдат заселени на подготвената за тях екзопланета, но и създаващ солидарност между всички свои носители. Гледайте и на видео тук: https://youtu.be/9Fk7ER1PMBY За госта Александър Попов е главен асистент в катедра "Англицистика и американистика" в СУ "Климент Охридски", където води курсове по езикознание и научна фантастика. Защитава докторска дисертация по информатика към БАН на тема моделиране на лексикално знание в контекста на обработката на естествен език. Научните му интереси са в областта на изследванията на научната фантастика и утопията, в семантиката на естествените езици и в компютърната лингвистика. Публикувал е също така разработки, свързани с екокритика, постхуманизъм, изкуствен интелект, дигитална хуманитаристика. Автор е на книгата Zone Theory: Science Fiction and Utopia in the Space of Possible Worlds. Дългогодишен автор и редактор в списанието за фантастика „Shadowdance“. Заедно с Константин Георгиев основава творческия колектив „Космотехника“, работещ на пресечните точки между фантастиката и хуманитарните и социалните науки. Аврана Керн: „Вие не сте от моята Земя. Не сте моето човечество. Вие сте маймуни, нищо повече от маймуни. Дори не сте моите маймуни. …“ Деца на времето, Ейдриън Чайковски, прев. Мария Демирева #about #podcast Серията „Vox Nihili“ на Ratio Podcast и Предизвикай правото! изследва пресечните точки на науката и технологиите с етиката и правото, а също така и редица дискусионни теми в сферата на философията. В рамките на серията сме обособили групи от разговори, обединени от различни теми, сред които: философски анализи на филми, право и литература, представяне на диалозите на Платон, културни интерпретации на различни чудовища (vox monstri) и др. Ако търсите отдадена и провокативна философия, насочена към настоящето, тази серия е за вас. Това е една от шестте серии на Ratio Podcast – един подкаст за любопитни хора. С негова помощ ще си сверите часовника за всичко най-ново в света на науката и културата и ще чуете неформални разговори, свързани или вдъхновени от наука.

In space no one can hear you scream, but they can hear you podcast! We're joined by Josh Boerman from Worst of All Possible Worlds to chat about a classic horror movie and finally get to the bottom of what that blue laser actually means... Listen to Worst of All Possible Worlds: https://www.worstpossible.world Keep up with Josh at: https://www.joshboerman.com on Bluesky @bosh.worstpossible.world Discuss your favorite mechanical keyboards with Horror Vanguard at: bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.social www.horrorvanguard.com (I built the website using an old MU-TH-UR 6000, bear with me) You can support the show for less than the cost of 20 million tons of unprocessed space ore at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard Précis music: "Moon Base LOOP 16bit" by Aleksis Tristan Shaw (itch.io/profile/aleksis-tristan-shaw). Available for use under the CC BY 4.0 license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), at https://aleksis-tristan-shaw.itch.io/atmospheric-sci-fi-music

Free bonus episode this week. Josh Boerman is strapped in to watch Deadliest Warrior. This episode it's Missouri Confederates against Chicago gangsters as the Jesse James gang takes on Al Capone. Follow Josh on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/bosh.worstpossible.world Listen to Worst of all Possible Worlds - https://www.worstpossible.world/ If you like this and are craving more, Subscribe to our Patreon and get access to more than eight years of bonus content. Three new episodes a month- https://www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie  Check out the store, new updates every week - https://whatahellofawaytodad.com/      

Elliot and Brian are joined by Realis writer Austin Walker and Possible Worlds founder Tyler Crumrine for a discussion about their collaboration on this exciting new game. We dive into the sentence-based mechanics, how players might imagine their own version of Realis, and where this project fits into the large slate of upcoming Possible Worlds releases. Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty. Links:Realis AshcanFollow Austin WalkerFriends at the TableShelved by GenreFollow Possible Worlds GamesCheck out the upcoming slate of PW Games ReleasesOur Links:Support TotT on PatreonMany Sided NewsletterMany Sided Media DiscordCredits:Edited by Elliot DavisProduced by Many Sided MediaAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Ако това, което правим, ви харесва, вижте как можете да подкрепите Ratio тук: ratio.bg/support/ Любомир Бабуров, Александър Попов и Стоян Ставру обсъждат: - Живеем ли в дистопии? - За кого е съвършена (по-добра) утопията? - Как се съотнасят атопичният дерматит и атопията? - За какво им са на утопистите роби (Томас Ман)? - Какво ще се случи с … министерството на бъдещето (Ким Стенли Робинсън)? - Как ще се управлява етажната собственост в края на света? - Какво представлява Супер-Венеция? - Каква е ролята на завесите (Лайбниц) и на гънките (Дельоз)? - Какво представлява „семиотичният квадрат на Греймас“? - Какво ни казва притчата за сеяча (Октавия Бътлър)? - Ще живеят ли заедно хора и гущери и как се ловят дракони с радарни лъкове? - Способни ли сме да удържим празно мястото на властта (Клод Лефор)? - Каква е разликата между агонистична и агонична демокрация (Шантал Муф)? - Какво може да каже за живота си един фотон? - Какво представляват културните фуги и възможна ли е любов след „индустриална стерилизация“ (Самюел Дилейни)? - Съществува ли бюрократичен анархизъм? - Различават ли се дистопията от какотопията? Добре дошли в епизода на всетопиите: утопии, дистопии, анти-анти-утопии, атопии, хетеротопии, какотопии, метатопии, супер-, хипер-, свръхтопии и изобщо каквото човек се сети като възможна представка. И все пак акцентът ни е върху анти-дистопиите и свързаната с тях надежда със силата на различията и надеждата на промяната. Има ли шанс за човечеството и какво ще се случи в Ню Йорк през 2140 година? Какъв е приносът на един адвокат, близък до народа, и на Гражданина-шоп? Може ли да открием политически залог в научната фантастика и до къде ще ни отведат конфликтите? Тези и много други въпроси, поставени около жанровата специфика на анит-дистопиите, са в основата на днешната ни среща. Допълнителни бележки към епизода тук: https://podcast.ratio.bg/podcast/vox-nihili-223/ Гледайте и на видео тук: https://youtu.be/CQQNp_n0q_g За госта Александър Попов е главен асистент в катедра "Англицистика и американистика" в СУ "Климент Охридски", където води курсове по езикознание и научна фантастика. Защитава докторска дисертация по информатика към БАН на тема моделиране на лексикално знание в контекста на обработката на естествен език. Научните му интереси са в областта на изследванията на научната фантастика и утопията, в семантиката на естествените езици и в компютърната лингвистика. Публикувал е също така разработки, свързани с екокритика, постхуманизъм, изкуствен интелект, дигитална хуманитаристика. Автор е на книгата Zone Theory: Science Fiction and Utopia in the Space of Possible Worlds. Дългогодишен автор и редактор в списанието за фантастика „Shadowdance“. Заедно с Константин Георгиев основава творческия колектив „Космотехника“, работещ на пресечните точки между фантастиката и хуманитарните и социалните науки. За подкаста Серията „Vox Nihili“ на Ratio Podcast и Предизвикай правото! изследва пресечните точки на науката и технологиите с етиката и правото, а също така и редица дискусионни теми в сферата на философията. В рамките на серията сме обособили групи от разговори, обединени от различни теми, сред които: философски анализи на филми, право и литература, представяне на диалозите на Платон, културни интерпретации на различни чудовища (vox monstri) и др. Ако търсите отдадена и провокативна философия, насочена към настоящето, тази серия е за вас. Това е една от шестте серии на Ratio Podcast – един подкаст за любопитни хора. С негова помощ ще си сверите часовника за всичко най-ново в света на науката и културата и ще чуете неформални разговори, свързани или вдъхновени от наука.

Prepare to enter The Zone by Raph D'Amico. We compare the gamefeel of cards versus tables. We talk mutations. And we talk shit about the Southern Reach Trilogy.We're talking the ⁠Possible Worlds series by Tyler Crumrine⁠, six discreet games boxed together. We have them fight to the death until only the best emerges victorious. Just kidding, we loved them all.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Max Lander⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aaron King⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, lore, and strangeness. They read the fucking manual so that you don't have to.If you want to chat about the episode, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠join our Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. And ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠check us out on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for extra episodes!

One of Australia's most eclectic, respected and prolific artists, Eddie Perfect has received multiple awards and nominations for the different strands of his work. He won the 2009 Helpmann Award for Best New Australian Work for Shane Warne: The Musical, and received a Tony nomination for Best Original Score for his work as composer/lyricist of Beetlejuice. He's back on stage to star in Opera Australia's new production of Leonard Bernstein's Candide, and from this May will once again perform his own music as he takes on the title role in the Australian run of Beetlejuice.In this conversation, Eddie takes a deep dive into the development and creation of a successful Broadway show, charting his initial struggle to get his foot in the door, the long process of writing, workshopping, and re-writing, to coping with the initial out-of-town and Broadway premieres to an initially lacklustre critical response. The show went on to receive eight Tony nominations. He also talks about his formative years as a performer that eventually led to creating Shane Warne: The Musical.This episode of In Conversation contains additional content to the broadcast edition.

Comedians Clare O'Kane, Alex Ptak, and Jeremy Kaplowitz explore the mysterious land of Quora.com to answer life's questions. This week's questions include: Can I mock an American fatso by oinking like a pig? Why has Trump suddenly turned this evil? Dear Liberals, If Joe Rogan walked up to you at a Dennys, and told you that you could become a MAGA Republican, or he would beat you up in the parking lot, would you finally stop being an evil liberal? --- Listen to Josh Podcast podcast @ https://www.worstpossible.world/ Get even more Quorators when you support the show @ http://patreon.com/quorators Send quoras and qommunicate on our discord https://discord.gg/7pPYuKuYCr Watch the show @ youtube.com/@quorators

We're talking the Possible Worlds series by Tyler Crumrine, six discreet games boxed together. We have them fight to the death until only the best emerges victorious. Just kidding, we loved them all.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Max Lander⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aaron King⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, lore, and strangeness. They read the fucking manual so that you don't have to.If you want to chat about the episode, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠join our Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. And ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠check us out on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for extra episodes!

Support the show on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/lionsledbydonkeys Check out The Worst of All Possible Worlds: https://www.worstpossible.world Joe is joined by the cast of The Worst of All Possible Worlds to talk about the time the US attempted to open Korea with gunboat diplomacy in 1871. Sources: Thomas Duvernay. Sinmiyangyo: The 1871 Conflict Between the United States and Korea Eric Niderost. Military Heritage Magazine. August 2002. Vol 4, no. 1 http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20100407175236/http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/marine_amphib_korea.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20041011181532/http://www.kimsoft.com/2000/sherman.htm https://hsp.org/blogs/hidden-histories/the-other-korean-war-a-little-known-conflict-in-american-history

Our final episode of the year sees the return of Hussein from his paternity leave, Along with the in-studio return of frequent collaborator Josh Boerman. Join us as we attempt to recap some big events from the latter half of the year while two of us suffer from Baby Madness and one of us is jetlagged. On the docket this episode: The rise and fall of Hawk Tuah, the Liberal Joe Rogan, Luigi Mangione, and the Timothee Chalamet Lookalike Contest. Check out The Worst of all Possible Worlds here! ------ PALESTINE AND LEBANON AID LINKS As the Genocide continues to unfold in Gaza, and as Israel begins it's war on Lebanon, we encourage anyone who can to donate. You can donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians and other charities using the links below. Please also donate to the gofundmes of people trying to survive, or purchase ESIMs. These links are for if you need a well-respected name attached to a fund to feel comfortable sending money. https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict https://www.globalgiving.org/learn/how-to-help-lebanon -------- PHOEBE ALERT Phoebe! Check out her Substack Here! Check out the relaunched Masters of our Domain with Milo and Patrick, here! -------- This show is supported by Patreon. Sign up for as little as $5 a month to gain access to a new bonus episode every other week, and our entire backlog of bonus episodes! Thats https://www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast -------- Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).

This is a preview of a bonus episode. check out the whole thing on our patreon! Pals and returning champions Josh and Brian from the Worst of All Possible Worlds came on to chat about the US election. In Part 2, we talk about Kamala and Trump, and make our predictions for who will win the US Election. This episode was recorded several weeks before the election happened, and we're releasing it several weeks after, in our own bid to recreate 2020's Tenet. Check out The Worst of all Possible Worlds here! Check out part 1 of this episode here! ------ PALESTINE AND LEBANON AID LINKS As the Genocide continues to unfold in Gaza, and as Israel begins it's war on Lebanon, we encourage anyone who can to donate. You can donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians and other charities using the links below. Please also donate to the gofundmes of people trying to survive, or purchase ESIMs. These links are for if you need a well-respected name attached to a fund to feel comfortable sending money. https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict https://www.globalgiving.org/learn/how-to-help-lebanon -------- PHOEBE ALERT Phoebe is back! Check out her Substack Here! Check out the newly relaunched Masters of our Domain with Milo, here! Check out the new season of Romecast with Milo and Patrick Wyman, here! -------- This show is supported by Patreon. Sign up for as little as $5 a month to gain access to a new bonus episode every other week, and our entire backlog of bonus episodes! Thats https://www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast -------- Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).

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Pals and returning champions Josh and Brian from the Worst of All Possible Worlds came on to chat about the US election. In Part 1, we discuss the lay of the land and do our absolute best to track the course of this election cycle, from the Trump assassination attempts to Biden's refusal to drop out until the absolute last minute. This episode was recorded several weeks before the election happened, and we're releasing it several weeks after, in our own bid to recreate 2020's Tenet. Part 2 is out next week for patrons. Check out The Worst of all Possible Worlds here! ------ PALESTINE AND LEBANON AID LINKS As the Genocide continues to unfold in Gaza, and as Israel begins it's war on Lebanon, we encourage anyone who can to donate. You can donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians and other charities using the links below. Please also donate to the gofundmes of people trying to survive, or purchase ESIMs. These links are for if you need a well-respected name attached to a fund to feel comfortable sending money. https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict https://www.globalgiving.org/learn/how-to-help-lebanon -------- PHOEBE ALERT Phoebe is back! Check out her Substack Here! Check out the newly relaunched Masters of our Domain with Milo, here! Check out the new season of Romecast with Milo and Patrick Wyman, here! -------- This show is supported by Patreon. Sign up for as little as $5 a month to gain access to a new bonus episode every other week, and our entire backlog of bonus episodes! Thats https://www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast -------- Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).

Последние и первые люди: История близлежащего и далёкого будущего (англ. Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future) — первый и (наряду с «Создателем звёзд») наиболее известный научно-фантастический роман Олафа Стэплдона, самая масштабная из созданных когда-либо историй будущего. Написан в 1930 году под влиянием идей футурологического эссе (также являющегося историей будущего) генетика Джона Холдейна «Страшный суд: взгляд ученого на будущее человечества» (The Last Judgement: A Scientist's View on the Future of Mankind, сборник Possible Worlds and Other Essays, 1927). Хотя роман содержит большое для своего времени количество новых фантастических идей (многие из которых оказали влияние на творчество других фантастов), основной целью автора была демонстрация эволюции человеческого разума и духа. Перевод на русский и издание в России были осуществлены только в 2004 году.

Последние и первые люди: История близлежащего и далёкого будущего (англ. Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future) — первый и (наряду с «Создателем звёзд») наиболее известный научно-фантастический роман Олафа Стэплдона, самая масштабная из созданных когда-либо историй будущего. Написан в 1930 году под влиянием идей футурологического эссе (также являющегося историей будущего) генетика Джона Холдейна «Страшный суд: взгляд ученого на будущее человечества» (The Last Judgement: A Scientist's View on the Future of Mankind, сборник Possible Worlds and Other Essays, 1927). Хотя роман содержит большое для своего времени количество новых фантастических идей (многие из которых оказали влияние на творчество других фантастов), основной целью автора была демонстрация эволюции человеческого разума и духа. Перевод на русский и издание в России были осуществлены только в 2004 году. Влияние на массовую культуру — многие произведения С. Лема (чрезвычайно высоко ценившего творчество Стэплдона) используют идеи и концепции из этой книги: роман «Непобедимый», рассказ «21 путешествие Йона Тихого», роман «Возвращение со Звезд», трактат «Сумма технологий». Отдельно стоит упомянуть роман «Осмотр на месте», в котором Лем предпринял попытку создать свой вариант истории будущего на основе идей об эволюции человечества конца XX века. Творчество Стэплдона Лем подробно анализирует в своей литературоведческой работе «Фантастика и футурология». — роман «Город» Клиффорда Саймака является своего рода интерпретацией идей Стэплдона в более мягком, гуманитарном ключе. Также заметно влияние Стэплдона в последнем итоговом романе Саймака «Магистраль вечности». — заметно влияние этого и других романов Стэплдона на творчество фантаста Джона Райта — на уровне сюжетов и философских концепций. В цикле «Золотой век» (2003) описана колонизированная и модернизированная солнечная система сверхдалекого будущего. В цикле «Последовательность Эсхатона» (2011-…) представлена детальная история будущего сопоставимых с романом «Последние и первые люди» масштабов. — эпизод с бессмертным мутантом из эпохи Первых Людей оказал влияние на целое направление в жанре фантастики. В качестве примера можно привести роман Пола Андерсона «Челн на миллион лет» (1989), рассказ Клиффорда Саймака «Грот танцующих оленей» и фильм «Человек с Земли» (2007). Сам Стэплдон позже развил этот сюжетный ход в романе о мутантах «Странный Джон» (1935). — роман Артура Кларка «Конец детства» (1953) основан на идеях из романа Стэплдона о телепатическом слиянии человечества в единый разум, способный контактировать с другими аналогичными разумами галактики. Также в этом романе аналогично представлена история близкого будущего человечества. Творчество Стэплдона оказало большое влияние на формирование взглядов Кларка на будущее человечества. — ирландский писатель-мистик и метафизик Шоу Десмонд написал под влиянием творчества Стэплдона роман «Рождение мира» (1938), где изложил свой вариант эволюции человечества. — в эпизоде сериала «Футурама» «The Late Philip J. Fry» иронично обыграны идеи Стэплдона и т. п. авторов о сверхдалеком будущем Земли и всей Вселенной.

Tom McBride urges you to not be so cynical about the state of the world.

Episode Overview Rob and Greg explore how the upcoming election could reshape the real estate industry, focusing on regulatory impacts, DOJ actions, and antitrust issues. They also discuss potential changes to industry practices and transparency in agent behavior. Key Topics 1. Election Predictions: • Friendly wager on election outcomes, with predictions on how results could shift real estate policies, especially through DOJ and FTC actions. 2. Antitrust Settlement and NAR Challenges: • Tanya Monestier's objections to the recent antitrust settlement, highlighting concerns over consumer confusion and potential loopholes that could benefit attorneys over consumers. 3. Future of Industry Regulation: • Speculation on how political shifts might influence NAR's regulatory environment and broker responsibilities. • The potential for new, transparent compensation practices led by industry figures like James Dwiggins. 4. Ethics and Agent Behavior: • Debate over real estate agent intentions, balancing consumer interests with profit motives, and the industry's response to Monestier's critiques. Key Takeaways • Election's Influence on Real Estate: Election outcomes may bring regulatory changes, with possible implications for NAR and antitrust enforcement. • Transparency and Trust in Agent Practices: Increased focus on clear buyer agreements and ethical practices to protect consumer trust. Watch Us on YouTube  Our Sponsors CoreLogic Notorious VIP The Giant Steps Job Board Production and editing services by: Sunbound Studios

Dave and I and decided for this ep to go with two of our favorite questions:What kinds of worlds, stories and characters emerge when power, wisdom and courage hold sway?And which lend themselves best to a particular medium or form of play?As for the Thistledowns, you'll hear more from them in the next.We hope you enjoy.J

We're joined our friends Josh and Brian from TWOAPW pod to return to the South Korean gender wars, some forum history, and more. Thank you to all the help we got on this episode from our listeners and friends in South Korea as well as domestically. Heads up: this episode contains descriptions of various crimes of sexual nature as well as other various inappropriate behaviors to that end. Part two gets particularly dark.  You can support TWOAPW at: Twitter.com/TWOAPW There is a follow up to this episode available at Patreon.com/WesternKabuki where you can hear lots more additional content.

On Ron's Amazing Stories we have a special story from the pages of Galaxy Magazine. Have you ever wondered what time travel could be like? Do you have visions of visiting the past to see events play out in real time? But, what if you had to go to the past and attempt to change a mistake to save the future? That is the dilemma that Mac Albin is faced with in the story Of All Possible Worlds written by William Tenn. This is a thought provoking story that should have you thinking, “What If?” Also, on the program we will review an Audible Original Podcast called The Safe Man. It comes from New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, and is a riveting detective story, nail-biting heist thriller and a supernatural mystery all rolled into one. One of the best productions I have encountered. Featured Story - Of All Possible Worlds Our featured story has to be one of the most probable outcomes on time travel I have ever heard. Time travel provides writers with mounds of possibilities to contrast with their own daily grind. The very concept of time is one of the strangest and most mind-boggling because time relates to all things. The story comes from the pulp fiction Galaxy Magazine September issue of 1956. It explores a future with too many possibilities. It is titled Of All Possible Worlds and was written by William Tenn. Stories Include - The Broken Window, Review - The Safe Man, and Of All Possible Worlds Ron's Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at . Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Music Used In This Podcast: Most of the music you hear on Ron's Amazing Stories has been composed by Kevin MacLeod () and is Licensed under . Other pieces are in the public domain. You can find great free music at which is a site owned by Kevin. Program Info: Ron's Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:  

It's a room with a Moooooose! (from Invader Zim)What do you need to know to survive/enjoy/prosper from this MOOSEY FATE?What is gravitational whale astronomy?Is the borg just space-box?Is an infinite moose a wave or a particle?(we forget entirely to talk about possible world's theory)As a wise one once said: "Data-fish teaches you".

This is a preview of a bonus episode. Find the whole thing on our reasonably-priced patreon! Welcome back to part 2 of our discussion about the 2023 True Crime/Documentary miniseries Telemarketers. Once again, we're joined by Brian, AJ, and Josh, the hosts of the Worst Of All Possible Worlds, a podcast that reviews and analyses popular culture. -------- PALESTINE AID LINKS As the humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Gaza, we encourage anyone who can to donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians. You can donate using the links below. Please also donate to the gofundmes of people trying to escape Rafah, or purchase ESIMs. These links are for if you need a well-respected name attached to a fund to feel comfortable sending money. https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict -------- PHOEBE ALERT Can't get enough Phoebe? Check out her Substack Here! -------- This show is supported by Patreon. Sign up for as little as $5 a month to gain access to a new bonus episode every week, and our entire backlog of bonus episodes! Thats https://www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast -------- Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).

This week we're joined by Brian, AJ, and Josh, the hosts of the Worst Of All Possible Worlds, a podcast that reviews and analyses popular culture, to talk about the 2023 True Crime/Documentary miniseries Telemarketers. Join us on the bonus episode later this week for part 2 of this discussion! -------- PALESTINE AID LINKS As the humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Gaza, we encourage anyone who can to donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians. You can donate using the links below. Please also donate to the gofundmes of people trying to escape Rafah, or purchase ESIMs. These links are for if you need a well-respected name attached to a fund to feel comfortable sending money. https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict -------- PHOEBE ALERT Can't get enough Phoebe? Check out her Substack Here! -------- This show is supported by Patreon. Sign up for as little as $5 a month to gain access to a new bonus episode every week, and our entire backlog of bonus episodes! Thats https://www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast -------- Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).

4:15:50 – Dave in Kentucky is joined by Chad Bowers of TITFOS and Chadcast (at 01:32 and 2:05:52), Eddie Murray of The Wool Gathering (at 58:41 and 2:25:25) and Frank Edward Nora of The Overnightscape (at 3:15:52) for a heaping helping of all things utopic, dystopic, midtopic and offtopic, as well as a dash of […]

I've often told my students (and you've probably heard in this podcast) that we're living in the best of all possible worlds.  A student asks how this could be.  I talk through this, including why there is suffering, and how we view the life that God has given us.

In such a broken world, many question why God chose the means He did to achieve His purposes. We may even praise God for who He is, but we wonder if all the evil in the world was truly necessary. Pastor Lutzer considers whether evil could eventually contribute to God's glory. What if we could see from the standpoint of eternity? This episode was originally published February 25, 2019 as “The Attributes of God | Week 6: Wise.”

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Max and Colborn are joined by the two brilliant Argentine artists, Julian Brangold and Frenetik Void, for a chaotic discussion of all things AI, starring their strange, provocative, oddly-endearing AI-assisted collaborative project, PsiPsiKoko (which you have to see to believe). The conversation ranges from using AI as a tool vs. treating it as a collaborator, to the homogeneity of most AI artwork today, the way AI is changing how quickly artists can imagine new worlds, and more.   See PsiPsiKoko for yourself here: https://www.instagram.com/psipsikoko/?igshid=NGVhN2U2NjQ0Yg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

This week we're inexplicably back in Vienna, to watch a movie that spends more time humanising it's villains than the protagonist. And joining us is none other than Josh Boerman from the Worst of all Possible Worlds podcast! ------ FREE PALESTINE Well, we're all witnessing a genocide on our phones, and our elected leaders are running cover for a rogue fascist state thats picking fights with Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross. So history has charged us with this duty: Do anything and everything within your reasonable power to slow this machine. March, call your representatives, purchase eSims to restore Gazans' access to the internet, protest, disrupt, sabotage. If you only have the dirt beneath your fingernails, scrape it out and throw it in the cogs. There are enough of us to make a difference. palestineaction.org/donate https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate ----- Consider supporting us on our reasonably-priced patreon! https://www.patreon.com/killjamesbond ------ *WEB DESIGN ALERT*  Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here:  https://www.tomallen.media/   Kill James Bond is hosted by Alice Caldwell-Kelly, Abigail Thorn, and Devon. You can find us at https://killjamesbond.com

The problem of evil is constantly nagging at the conscience. Dr. Paulson addresses some harmful ways the question "why does evil exist?" has been answered by Christians. This time, he addresses the idea that evil is a lesser-good that is used to form our character.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: Free 2023 Advent Resources Faith and Reason Exchange @ 1517.org 2023 HWSS Conference Livestream Signup Join the 1517 Academy Faith in the Face of Tyranny More from the hosts: Caleb Keith Steven Pauslon  

Welcome to an exploration of the fascinating world of philosophy, where we delve into the concept of possible worlds, the arguments of possibilists and actualists, and the role of paraphrasing and truthmaker theory in these discussions. We'll also consider intentional attitude reports, kind essences, and actualism and possibilism in ethics. source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actualism

Set, ostensibly, in revolutionary France, The Future Future follows Celine from young womanhood as she navigates the shifting landscape—which is being transformed as much by new media, new ways of doing business, and the discovery of new territories, as by the various political insurrections. It is a novel about how women survive in a world wrought by male violence, about language—how it shapes us and how we're shaped by it—about friendship, about power, and, perhaps unsurprisingly, given the title: about time.Buy The Future Future: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/the-future-futureAdam Thirlwell was born in London in 1978. The author of three previous novels, his work has been translated into thirty languages. His essays appear in the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books, and he is an advisory editor of the Paris Review. His awards include a Somerset Maugham Award and the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; in 2018 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He has twice been selected by Granta as one of their Best of Young British Novelists. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest this week is Rachel Handley, a teaching fellow in philosophy at Trinity college Dublin, and author of a recent collection of sci-fi short stories entitled Possible Worlds and Other Stories. The book is a fun exercise in multiverse building that scratches that meta-itch a lot of us have, but it also has some lovely touching human moments. We discuss why possible worlds are having a moment, the gendered history of possible worlds, and a few of Rachel's possible worlds that I enjoyed so much.Convocation: NoneRachel's Website: https://rachelhandleyphilosophy.weebly.com/Music by GW RodriguezSibling Pods:Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/thepodcast.htmlSupport us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoidIf you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!Recent appearances:Aaron was recently on Cog Dis to talk about Antisemitic Conspiracism: https://www.dissonancepod.com/episode-675-talking-antisemitism-with-aaron-rabinowitz/Aaron and Callie from Philosophers in Space and Queersplaining were recently on The Psychology Podcast to discuss all things trans. Check it out and share it around, we really did try to cover allllll the bases: https://scottbarrykaufman.com/podcast/aaron-rabinowitz-callie-wright-what-we-get-wrong-about-transgender-people/Next Episode: TBA

This is a preview of a bonus episode. Listen to the whole episode at: www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast. -------- Returning guests Brian and Josh from the Worst of all Possible Worlds podcast join us to discuss parts 3 and 4 of the 2022 documentary 'Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed'! -------- PHOEBE ALERT Can't get enough Phoebe? Want some Milo in the mix too? Check out their new limited series about Rome Here! And while you're clicking links, check out Phoebe's Substack Here! -------- Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).

Returning guests Brian and Josh from the Worst of all Possible Worlds podcast join us to discuss the first part of the 2022 documentary Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed. Part 2 coming next week! -------- PHOEBE ALERT Can't get enough Phoebe? Want some Milo in the mix too? Check out their new limited series about Rome Here! And while you're clicking links, check out Phoebe's Substack Here! -------- This show is supported by Patreon. Sign up for as little as $5 a month to gain access to a new bonus episode every week, and our entire backlog of bonus episodes! Thats https://www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast -------- Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).

Warning: The following episode of Return to Gilead, a response to episode 81 of the Worst of All Possible Worlds Podcast, “Ease On Down Gilead Lane,” contains profuse albeit censored swearing, immaculately constructed strawmen, and massive amounts of cringe. Listen at your own risk as Michael and Ryan react and respond to this miserable, pathetic, and idiotic episode of Gilead hate. Our site: https://returntogilead.com Podcast featured in this reaction: Ease On Down Gilead Lane | The Worst of All Possible Worlds 81 Credits Hosts: Michael LaFaver and Ryan Matlock Editing: Michael LaFaver Cover artwork: Allie Barrett and Bethany Burnett Return to Gilead is a review podcast based on episodes, logos and artwork, and music produced for and with permission from Keys for Kids Ministries.

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. Today we talk about one of the best actresses working today: Tilda Swinton! Our guest is the great Dan Walber, public historian and recovering (!) film critic. Walber is also part of the @closefriendscollective, which you can find on Instagram. Our B-Sides today are: Edward II, Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon, Possible Worlds, The Deep End, and Teknolust. Walber speaks to her immediate exceptionalism in Derek Jarman's ‘80s films, we marvel at her endless range (from Constantine to Snowpiercer and so on and so forth), and I gush about the work of Francis Bacon and the depths of his controversial career after falling in love with Love is the Devil. We talk about the fascination of Laurence Olivier's final film being a Derek Jarman picture (War Requiem), how Possible Worlds feels impossibly Canadian, and the very particular, joyous world Teknolust lives in. Be sure to give us a follow on Twitter and Facebook at @TFSBSide. Also enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. We are also now on Spotify and Stitcher. Enjoy!

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Josh Boerman from the Worst Of all Possible Worlds join the gang for the first part of our look at how evangelical conservatives use social media. PHOEBE ALERT Can't get enough Phoebe? Want some Milo in the mix too? Check out their new limited series about Rome Here! And while you're clicking links, check out Phoebe's Substack Here! -------- This show is supported by Patreon. Sign up for as little as $5 a month to gain access to a new bonus episode every week, and our entire backlog of bonus episodes! Thats https://www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast -------- Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).

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: Giant (In)scrutable Matrices: (Maybe) the Best of All Possible Worlds, published by 1a3orn on April 4, 2023 on The AI Alignment Forum. It has become common on LW to refer to "giant inscrutable matrices" as a problem with modern deep-learning systems. To clarify: deep learning models are trained by creating giant blocks of random numbers -- blocks with dimensions like 4096 x 512 x 1024 -- and incrementally adjusting the values of these numbers with stochastic gradient descent (or some variant thereof). In raw form, these giant blocks of numbers are of course completely unintelligible. Many hold that the use of such giant SGD-trained blocks is why it is hard to understand or to control deep learning models, and therefore we should seek to make ML systems from other components. There are several places where Yudkowsky or others state or strongly imply that because SGD-trained models with huge matrices are unintelligible, we should seek some more easily-interpretable paradigm. I'm going to argue against that. I think that a better alternative is probably not possible; that the apparent inscrutability of these models actually has little-to-nothing to do with deep learning; and finally that this language -- particularly to the non-rationalist -- suggests unwarranted mystery. 0: It Is Probable That Generally Intelligent Systems Must be Connectionist Imagine a universe in which it is impossible to build a generally intelligent system that is not massively connectionist. That is, imagine a world where the only way to get intelligence from atoms is to have a massive number of simple, uniform units connected to each other -- or something that is a functional equivalent of the same. In such a world, all smart animals would have become smart by scaling up the number of such units that they have. The dominant evolutionary species might become intelligent by scaling up its head size, despite paying the evolutionary cost of making childbirth dangerous and painful by doing so. Flying species that could not afford this extra weight of scaling up skull volume might take another approach, shrinking their neurons to pack more of them into a given volume. Even animals far distant from the dominant species along the phylogenetic tree and in which the evolution of high levels of intelligence occurred entirely separately, would do so by scaling up their brains. The dominant species, once it could make information-processing equipment, might try for many years to make some generally intelligent system without massive connectionism. They might scorn connectionism as brute force, or as lacking insight; thousands of PhDs and software engineers would spend time devising specialized systems of image classification, voice transcription, language translation, video analysis, natural language processing, and so on. But once they coded up connectionist software -- then in a handful of years, the prior systems built through hundreds of thousands of hours of effort would fall to simple systems that an undergrad could put together in his spare time. And connectionist systems would quickly vault out from the realm of such prior systems, to build things completely unprecedented to non-connectionist systems. Of course, such a world would be indistinguishable from our world. Is this proof that intelligence must be connectionist? Of course not. We still await a Newton who might build a detailed causal model of intelligence, which confirms or refutes the above. But if the universal failure of nature and man to find non-connectionist forms of general intelligence does not move you, despite searching for millions of years and millions of man-hours -- well, you could be right, but I'd really like to see any predictions an alternate hypothesis makes. 1.a: Among Connectionist Systems That We Know To Be Possible, Sy...

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: Giant (In)scrutable Matrices: (Maybe) the Best of All Possible Worlds, published by 1a3orn on April 4, 2023 on LessWrong. It has become common on LW to refer to "giant inscrutable matrices" as a problem with modern deep-learning systems. To clarify: deep learning models are trained by creating giant blocks of random numbers -- blocks with dimensions like 4096 x 512 x 1024 -- and incrementally adjusting the values of these numbers with stochastic gradient descent (or some variant thereof). In raw form, these giant blocks of numbers are of course completely unintelligible. Many hold that the use of such giant SGD-trained blocks is why it is hard to understand or to control deep learning models, and therefore we should seek to make ML systems from other components. There are several places where Yudkowsky or others state or strongly imply that because SGD-trained models with huge matrices are unintelligible, we should seek some more easily-interpretable paradigm. I'm going to argue against that. I think that a better alternative is probably not possible; that the apparent inscrutability of these models actually has little-to-nothing to do with deep learning; and finally that this language -- particularly to the non-rationalist -- suggests unwarranted mystery. 0: It Is Probable That Generally Intelligent Systems Must be Connectionist Imagine a universe in which it is impossible to build a generally intelligent system that is not massively connectionist. That is, imagine a world where the only way to get intelligence from atoms is to have a massive number of simple, uniform units connected to each other -- or something that is a functional equivalent of the same. In such a world, all smart animals would have become smart by scaling up the number of such units that they have. The dominant evolutionary species might become intelligent by scaling up its head size, despite paying the evolutionary cost of making childbirth dangerous and painful by doing so. Flying species that could not afford this extra weight of scaling up skull volume might take another approach, shrinking their neurons to pack more of them into a given volume. Even animals far distant from the dominant species along the phylogenetic tree and in which the evolution of high levels of intelligence occurred entirely separately, would do so by scaling up their brains. The dominant species, once it could make information-processing equipment, might try for many years to make some generally intelligent system without massive connectionism. They might scorn connectionism as brute force, or as lacking insight; thousands of PhDs and software engineers would spend time devising specialized systems of image classification, voice transcription, language translation, video analysis, natural language processing, and so on. But once they coded up connectionist software -- then in a handful of years, the prior systems built through hundreds of thousands of hours of effort would fall to simple systems that an undergrad could put together in his spare time. And connectionist systems would quickly vault out from the realm of such prior systems, to build things completely unprecedented to non-connectionist systems. Of course, such a world would be indistinguishable from our world. Is this proof that intelligence must be connectionist? Of course not. We still await a Newton who might build a detailed causal model of intelligence, which confirms or refutes the above. But if the universal failure of nature and man to find non-connectionist forms of general intelligence does not move you, despite searching for millions of years and millions of man-hours -- well, you could be right, but I'd really like to see any predictions an alternate hypothesis makes. 1.a: Among Connectionist Systems That We Know To Be Possible, Synchronous Mat...

In this episode, I'll be talking all about the theory of Possible Worlds, with a particular emphasis on David Lewis' Modal Realism. Enjoy! If you'd like to request an episode, or even do an episode yourself, please contact me on Instagram (@fiveminutephilosophy) or Twitter (@fiveminutephil1).

Out of the Tar Pit is in the grand pantheon of great papers, beloved the world over, with just so much influence. The resurgence of Functional Programming over the past decade owes its very existence to the Tar Pit's snarling takedown of mutable state, championed by Hickey & The Cloj-Co. Many a budding computational philosophizer — both of yours truly counted among them — have been led onward to the late great Bro86 by this paper's borrow of his essence and accident. But is the paper actually good? Like, really — is it that good? Does it hold up to the blinding light of hindsight that 2023 offers? Is this episode actually an April Fools joke, or is it a serious episode that Ivan just delayed by a few weeks because of life circumstances and his own incoherent sense of humour? I can't tell. Apologies in advance. Next time, we're going back to our usual format to discuss Intercal. Links Before anything else, we need to link to Simple Made Easy. If you don't know, now you know! It's a talk by Rich Hickey (creator of Clojure) that, as best as I can tell, widely popularized discussion of simplicity and complexity in programming, using Hickey's own definitions that built upon the Tar Pit paper. Ignited by this talk, with flames fanned by a few others, as functional programming flared in popularity through the 2010s, the words “simple”, “easy”, “complex”, and “reason about” became absolutely raging memes. We also frequently reference Fred Brooks and his No Silver Bullet. Our previous episode has you covered. The two great languages of the early internet era: Perl & TcL For more on Ivan's “BLTC paradise-engineering wombat chocolate”, see our episode on Augmenting Human Intellect, if you dare. For more on Jimmy's “Satoshi”, see Satoshi Nakamoto, of course. And for Anonymous, go on. Enemy of the State — This film slaps. “Some people prefer not to commingle the functional, lambda-calculus part of a language with the parts that do side effects. It seems they believe in the separation of Church and state.” — Guy Steele “my tempo” FoC Challenge: Brooks claimed 4 evils lay at the heart of programming — Complexity, Conformity, Changeability, and Invisibility. Could you design a programming that had a different set of four evils at the heart of it? (Bonus: one of which could encompass the others and become the ur-evil) The paper introduces something called Functional Relational Programming, abbreviated FRP. Note well, and do not be confused, that there is a much more important and common term that also abbreviates to FRP: Family Resource Program. Slightly less common, but yet more important and relevant to our interests as computer scientists, is the Fluorescence Recovery Protein in cyanobacteria. Less abundant, but again more relevant, is Fantasy Role-Playing, a technology with which we've all surely developed a high degree of expertise. For fans of international standards, see ISO 639-3 — the Franco-Provençal language, represented by language code frp. As we approach the finality of this paragraph, I'll crucially point out that “FRP”, when spoken aloud all at once at though it were a word, sounds quite like the word frp, which isn't actually a word — you've fallen right into my trap. Least importantly of all, and also most obscurely, and with only minor interest or relevance to listeners of the podcast and readers of this paragraph, we have the Functional Reactive Programming paradigm originally coined by Conor Oberst and then coopted by rapscallions who waste time down by the pier playing marbles. FoC Challenge: Can you come up with a programming where informal reasoning doesn't help? Where you are lost, you are without hope, and you need to get some kind of help other than reasoning to get through it? Linear B LinearB Intercal Esolangs FoC Challenge: Can you come up with a kind of testing where using a particular set of inputs does tell you something about the system/component when it is given a different set of inputs? It was not Epimenides who said “You can't dip your little toesies into the same stream” two times — presumably because he only said it once. Zig has a nicely explicit approach to memory allocation. FoC Challenge: A programming where more things are explicit — building on the example of Zig's explicit allocators. Non-ergonomic, Non-von Neumann, Nonagon Infinity One of Ivan's favourite musical acts of the 00s is the ever-shapeshifting Animal Collective — of course

It's time to talk about the year that was: 2022. We lived it. We loved it. And the boys enlisted the help of Brian and Josh from The Worst of All Possible Worlds to talk through all the big moments from the year gone by. And at the end, we give out the coveted, honorary awards to the year's biggest freaks. 2023 -- onward and upward. (Sorry if the audio gets a lil weird toward the end. I had to edit in our backup audio lol) Join the patreon: patreon.com/brighamyoungmoney

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine: We begin with an overview of last week's elections with Blair Horner of NYPIRG. Then, Mark Dunlea talks with Medea Benjamin about the latest on Ukraine, starting with a missile that killed 2 in Poland. Later on, Professor DeCoster talks about intersectionality and microaggressions in the medical field with Eunice Jeong. After that, we get a preview of "Possible Worlds," an immersive dance performance taking place on Friday in Troy. Finally, correspondent Lavender brings us another vox pop segment speaking with people at retail stores.

“It is impossible that things should be other than they are; for everything is right,” said Dr. Pangloss. "Oh, Pangloss!" cried Candide, "what a strange genealogy! Is not the Devil the original stock of it?” With earthquakes and a bit of light editing, we cast off with Voltaire and Episode 59 in search of the stories that do not make us sick. It is not so easy as one might imagine, harried as we are by zombie narratives that refuse to die, textbook deadlines, and paeans to liberal democracy proclaiming the end of history. If man really did invent agriculture because he was getting hungrier, then who are we to deny the foolish optimism of those who say we've never had it so good? Or maybe it is just time to interrogate the archives and hear some other voices for a change. But that's only if we really want to know what's wrong and how to fix it. On the other hand, if you're fine, and it's fine, and everything is fine, then grab a seat next to Ted Cruz at the baseball game and pretend you can't hear all those Bronx cheers.

Follow us on Patreon at patreon.com/andalmoststarring On this week's listener request episode, we're joined by AJ Ditty (The Worst of all Possible Worlds, Puffs) to break down who almost starred in Scott Pilgrim vs the World! Which Judd Apatow regular was considered for Scott? Which Marvel hero was up for Lucas Lee and Stephen Stills? And would the movie have worked with its original ending? Also – Scott Pilgrim gets a full Mario recast! Scott Pilgrim vs the World stars Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Anna Kendrick, Alison Pill, Aubrey Plaza, Jason Schwartzman, Johnny Simmons, Mark Webber, Ellen Wong, Satya Bhabha, Keita Saitou, Shota Saito, Brie Larson, Mae Whitman, Brandon Routh, Chris Evans, and Thomas Jane and Clifton Collins Jr as the Vegan Police; directed by Edgar Wright   On Instagram: @andalmoststarring  Have a film you'd love for us to cover? E-mail us at andalmoststarring@gmail.com   www.andalmoststarring.com