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FQxI Podcast

The Foundational Questions Institute

Physics podcast from the Foundational Questions Institute (FQxI)

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25:00

Designing the Mind. Cognitive scientist Susan...

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2019/08/15

Designing the Mind. Cognitive scientist Susan Schneider talks transhumanism and asks at what point does human enhancement go too far? Are we in danger of accidentally destroying ourselves through technological augmentation and creating new beings in our stead? From the 6th FQXi Meeting, in Tuscany.

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22:00

Measuring Free Will. To what degree are our choices...

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2019/08/13

Measuring Free Will. To what degree are our choices really free, rather than determined? And how much control do we have over them? Quantum physicist Ian Durham presents a new mathematical model for free will. From the 6th FQXi Meeting, in Tuscany.

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36:00

How do we make decisions? Physicist Carlo Rovelli...

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2019/08/12

How do we make decisions? Physicist Carlo Rovelli discusses the science behind choice -- arguing that agency is intimately tied to time's arrow. From the 6th FQXi meeting in Tuscany.

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15:00

Building an AI Physicist. Cosmologist Max Tegmark...

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2019/08/09

Building an AI Physicist. Cosmologist Max Tegmark describes the challenges with creating trustworthy artificial intelligence, and his own project writing a code that used neural networks to re-discover 100 equations from the Feynman lectures.

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21:00

The Limits of Computation. Astrophysicist Fred Adams...

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2019/08/01

The Limits of Computation. Astrophysicist Fred Adams argues the world will run out of resources for computation in 32 years without a paradigm shift. And he discusses how alien civilizations could mine stars to create solar-system-sized "black cloud computers," which could be detected on Earth. From the 6th FQXi meeting in Tuscany.

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24:00

Causality, Memory and the Arrow of Time. Cosmologist...

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2019/07/30

Causality, Memory and the Arrow of Time. Cosmologist Sean Carroll is searching for a mathematical description of why causes precede effects and asking what makes our memories of the past special. Audio of a talk from the FQXi meeting in Tuscany.

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30:00

2018 Year in Physics Review Part 2: We conclude our...

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2018/12/31

2018 Year in Physics Review Part 2: We conclude our countdown of the top physics stories of the year, as chosen by Ian Durham.

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21:00

2018 Year in Physics Review Part 1: We begin our...

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2018/12/30

2018 Year in Physics Review Part 1: We begin our countdown of the top physics stories of the year, as chosen by Ian Durham.

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37:00

Superhuman: In this special edition, evolutionary...

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2018/09/10

Superhuman: In this special edition, evolutionary biologist Rowan Hooper discusses his new book, which examines the extremes of mental and physical ability. He discusses encounters with some of the world's cleverest people, investigates the role of genetics in intelligence, memory, drive and focus, and describes people whose immense resilience has seen them come through terrible adversity. Hooper also describes lessons we can take from human evolution when programming AI.

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38:00

High-energy neutrino traced back to a distant galaxy,...

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2018/08/26

High-energy neutrino traced back to a distant galaxy, with Azadeh Keivani; possible discovery of sterile neutrinos, with Richard Van de Water; black holes replaced by fuzzballs, with Samir Mathur; finding an almost-quantum theory, with Miguel Navascues; and testing free will with AI, with Avi Loeb.

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37:00

Losing the Nobel Prize: In this special edition,...

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2018/07/23

Losing the Nobel Prize: In this special edition, physicist Brian Keating discusses his new book, which recounts the ill-fated BICEP2 announcement--and retraction--of the claimed discovery of primordial gravitational waves in 2014.

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40:00

Remembering Stephen Hawking; light from the first...

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2018/03/20

Remembering Stephen Hawking; light from the first stars in the universe, with Rennan Barkana; our place in the multiverse, with Eugene Lim; & setting up a science hostel in Maui, with Garrett Lisi.

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29:00

2017 Physics Countdown Part 3: What was the biggest...

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2017/12/31

2017 Physics Countdown Part 3: What was the biggest physics breakthrough of the year? FQXi's review, as chosen by quantum physicist Ian Durham, concludes.

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22:00

2017 Physics Countdown Part 2: FQXi's review of the...

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2017/12/29

2017 Physics Countdown Part 2: FQXi's review of the biggest breakthroughs of the year, as chosen by quantum physicist Ian Durham, continues.

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18:00

2017 Physics Countdown Part 1: FQXi's review of the...

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2017/12/26

2017 Physics Countdown Part 1: FQXi's review of the biggest breakthroughs of the year, as chosen by quantum physicist Ian Durham.

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55:00

Real numbers are not (ontologically) real, says...

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2017/11/24

Real numbers are not (ontologically) real, says Nicolas Gisin; living in a Sudoku Universe, with Emily Adlam; FQXi launches a new essay contest and large grant round, with Anthony Aguirre and Jan Wallaczek; & fine-tuning quantum theory, with Matt Leifer.

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40:00

Gravitational waves from a neutron star collision;...

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2017/10/30

Gravitational waves from a neutron star collision; creating Majorana particles in the lab with Kang L. Wang; quantum Darwinism with Gerardo Adesso; & making a quantum replicant with Jayne Thompson.

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46:00

China takes the first steps to building a quantum...

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2017/08/20

China takes the first steps to building a quantum Internet; testing quantum gravity in the lab; making a baby universe in a particle accelerator; and singing about physics.

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38:00

Concluding our list of the top physics breakthroughs...

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2016/12/31

Concluding our list of the top physics breakthroughs of 2016, as chosen by Ian Durham.

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26:00

Counting down the biggest physics breakthroughs of...

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2016/12/30

Counting down the biggest physics breakthroughs of 2016, with Ian Durham.

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