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Closer To Truth

Closer To Truth

Closer To Truth presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions in Cosmos, Life, Consciousness, and Meaning. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Seek your own answers.

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27:45

Why Philosophy of Biology?

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2024/03/20

Get 20% off tickets to this year's HowtheLightGetsIn Hay Festival with code CTT24 at checkout.Philosophy of biology has two sides: the process of science and the content of biology. We address key questions. What is the nature of life? How does evolution work and what are its challenges? How to consider race, sex/gender, cognition, culture, morality, healthcare, religion, alien life, and alien intelligences. Featuring interviews with Michael Ruse, Elliot Sober, Elisabeth Lloyd, Peter

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01:13:45

Marcelo Gleiser on Why Science Cannot Ignore Human...

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2024/03/13

Theoretical physicist and astronomer Marcelo Glesier offers compelling argument for including the human perspective within science, and for how human experience makes science possible. He discusses his new book, The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience, which urges us to create a new scientific culture that views ourselves both as an expression of nature and as a source of nature's self-understanding, so that humanity can flourish in the new millennium.The Blind Spot is

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26:33

Does Consciousness Require a Radical Explanation?

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2024/03/06

Does consciousness require a radical explanation? What causes consciousness? Our inner sense of awareness is at once most mundane and most bizarre. No explanation makes sense. Here are three novel candidates for explaining consciousness.Featuring interviews with Giulio Tononi, David Chalmers, Sean Carroll, Max Tegmark, David Wallace, Bernard Carr, and Paul Davies. For early access to episodes in our new season, login or register for free today: https://closertotruth.com/playlist/season-23/

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27:14

What Does the “Unreasonable Effectiveness” of...

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2024/02/28

The astonishing effectiveness of mathematics in the natural sciences, especially in physics, borders on the mysterious—and there seems no rational explanation. Our bafflement stimulates novel thinking. How to assess the meaning of math’s “unreasonable effectiveness"?Featuring interviews with Michio Kaku, David Wallace, Michael Hopkins, Stuart Kauffman, Jim Holt, and Paul Davies. Register for free on our website to receive subscriber-only exclusives: https://closertotruth.com/register/

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01:17:25

Carlo Rovelli on White Holes

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2024/02/21

Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli discusses his book, White Holes, which traces the ongoing adventure of his own cutting-edge research and outlines some of the most astounding ideas in astrophysics and cosmology. Rovelli investigates whether all black holes could eventually turn into white holes, equally compact objects in which the arrow of time is reversed. Carlo Rovelli is a physicist and writer. He is currently a Distinguished Visiting Research Chair at the Perimeter Institute and core

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47:25

Ilia Delio on Evolution, Quantum Physics, and...

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2024/02/14

Innovative theologian and neuroscientist Ilia Delio discusses Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, technology and AI, the pursuit of extraterrestrial life, and the roles of evolution, quantum physics, and neuroscience in theology. Dr. Ilia Delio is a Franciscan Sister and a theologian from the Catholic tradition specializing in science and religion. She holds the Josephine Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova University and is the founder of the Center for Christogenesis. She has earned two PhDs

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26:33

Can Mathematics Explain Biology?

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2024/02/07

If life is a vast space of possibilities, then mathematics can engage with biology. Statistics analyze biological data, and mathematical models improve biological theories and reveal hidden commonalties. But could the mathematics of biology touch fundamental realities? Featuring interviews with Leon Glass, Martin Nowak, Geoffrey West, Paul Davies, and Robbert Dijkgraaf. For free subscriber-only exclusives, register today at closertotruth.com.

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27:02

Roger Penrose: Mathematics & What Exists

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2024/01/24

Roger Penrose—mathematician, physicist, philosopher—was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics. We speak with Roger about our favorite, fundamental questions. What things exist? What is math and why does it work? What’s fundamental in the cosmos? All episodes of Season 22 are available now on our website: https://bit.ly/3QwMzIA For subscriber-only exclusives, register for free today: https://closertotruth.com/register/

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26:32

Is Mathematics Invented or Discovered?

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2024/01/16

Mathematics describes the real world of atoms and acorns, stars and stairs, with remarkable precision. So is mathematics invented by humans-like chisels and hammers and pieces of music? Or is mathematics discovered-always out there, somewhere, like mysterious islands waiting to be found? Featuring interviews with Roger Penrose, Mark Balaguer, Gregory Chaitin, Stephen Wolfram, and Frank Wilczek. Register for free to get subscriber-only exclusives like early access to episodes and more.

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26:33

What is the Deep Meaning of Probability?

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2024/01/10

Consider three powers of probability: refining data, assessing theories, probing ultimate reality. Watch how these work in cosmology: confidence in precise measurements; assessing competing models; revealing how quantum fluctuations became galactic structures. Featuring interviews with Ivan Corwin, Licia Verde, Sabine Hossenfelder, David Wallace, and Aaron Clauset. For access to subscriber-only exclusives, register for a free membership at closertotruth.com.

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43:03

Martin Rees on Cosmology and Existential Risk

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2024/01/03

Robert Lawrence Kuhn speaks with Martin Rees—Astronomer Royal and co-founder of Centre for the Study of Existential Risk—about the James Webb Space Telescope, black holes, existential risk, and more. Martin Rees is an astrophysicist and cosmologist, and the UK's Astronomer Royal. He is based at the University of Cambridge where he has been Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Institute of Astronomy. Martin is a Fellow, and was the former Master, of Trinity College, Cambridge. For

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26:33

When Brains Go Bad

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2023/12/27

What does brain damage do to people? By observing strange behaviors in brain-impaired patients, scientists discern how normal brains work. For example, what happens to “the self”? Featuring interviews with Barry Smith, Donald Hoffman, Susan Greenfield, and Christopher Evans. For subscriber-only exclusives, register for a free membership today: https://rb.gy/5japji

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26:33

Jesus as God: A Philosophical Inquiry

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2023/12/20

Why the astonishing claim that Jesus is God? Not like God. Not representing God. But literally God? One need not be a Christian, or even a theist, to appreciate the arguments. Featuring interviews with Sarah Coakley, N.T. Wright, Oliver Crisp, Eleonore Stump, C. Stephen Evans, and Ian McFarland. For subscriber-only exclusives, register for a free membership at closertotruth.com.

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27:17

Freeman Dyson: From Physics to the Far Future

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2023/12/13

Freeman Dyson, visionary extraordinaire, was one of the most inventive thinkers of our age: discovering new mathematics, challenging fundamental physics, colonizing space, searching for signatures of alien civilizations, imagining the far future of intelligence. For subscriber-only exclusives, register for a free membership today: www.closertotruth.com.

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26:33

How Does the Subconscious Affect Us?

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2023/12/06

There is more to our mental lives than the current content of our awareness. Our subconscious affects what we sense, think, feel and do. How does the subconscious work its magic? For subscriber-only exclusives, register for free at www.closertotruth.com.

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27:16

What Are Breakthroughs in Mathematics?

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2023/11/29

Call mathematics the purest form of knowledge, universal messaging anyone, anywhere, can understand. For math to advance, there must be breakthroughs, which may seem like magic. What are mathematical breakthroughs? How do they happen? How do they work? Featuring interviews with Karen Uhlenbeck, Edward Witten, Michael Hopkins, Ivan Corwin, Gregory Chaitin, and Paul Davies. For subscriber-only exclusives, register for free at closertotruth.com.

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51:01

Terrence Deacon on the Noosphere

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2023/11/22

Neuroanthropologist and co-chair of the N2 Conference Terrence Deacon discusses the noosphere, biological evolution, and the upcoming N2 conference hosted by scientific multimedia non-profit organization Human Energy to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Noosphere. For subscriber-only exclusives, register for free at closertotruth.com.

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01:15:39

Philip Goff on the Purpose of the Universe

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2023/11/08

Why are we here? What's the point of existence? Philosopher and consciousness researcher Philip Goff tackles these questions and more in this discussion of his new book, Why? The Purpose of the Universe. Goff argues that it's time to move on from both God and atheism and instead look to cosmic purpose to understand the universe. Philip Goff is a philosophy professor at Durham University, UK whose research focuses on philosophy of mind and consciousness. For subscriber-only exclusives, register

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26:32

Why is Mathematics True and Beautiful?

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2023/11/01

Does mathematics have two transcendent attributes: truth and beauty? What makes math true? What makes math beautiful? Are there different kinds of mathematical existence? How can math combine idealized perfection and explanatory simplicity? Featuring interviews with Robbert Dijkgraaf, Edward Witten, Max Tegmark, Sabine Hossenfelder, and Jim Holt. For subscriber-only exclusives, register for free at closertotruth.com.

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27:18

Can We Survive Death?

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2023/10/25

Do I disappear at death? My body? Sure, it's gone. But my awareness? Does my consciousness end forever? What could be more frightening! Is there any hope here? Featuring interviews with Charles Tart, Richard Swinburne, Robert Park, James Tabor, and Keith Ward. Register for a free membership today at closertotruth.com.

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