MeaningofLife.tv: Mind-Body Problems Podcast
1) Consolations of Physics (John Horgan & Sabine Hossenfelder)
Sabine inspires John's quantum experiment ... Sabine previews her book-in-progress ... Isn't quantum mechanics non-deterministic? ... Is consciousness conserved? ... John and Sabine tangle over fr...Show More
2) Quantum Mechanics and the Quest for Final Knowledge (John Horgan & Philip Ball)
Will science ever absorb the arts and humanities? ... Why Phil wrote a book about quantum mechanics ... Knowing quantum math doesn’t necessarily help ... Is "information” the key to quantum mechani...Show More
Quantum Mechanics and the Quest for Final Knowledge (John Horgan & Philip Ball)
1:00:00 | Jun 7th, 2021
3) Science, Fiction, and the Mind-Body Problem (John Horgan & Erik Hoel)
Erik's new novel, The Revelations ... How Erik became a writer and a neuroscientist ... Erik defends integrated information theory ... The agnosticism of the novelist ... Should the mind-body pro...Show More
4) Explaining Quantum Mechanics (John Horgan & Tim Maudlin)
Why Tim became a philosopher ... John gets entangled in superposition ... Tim explains Bell’s Theorem with diagrams ... Tim rejects shutting up and calculating ... Will quantum computers lead to a...Show More
5) The Theology of Communication (Nikita Petrov & John Horgan)
Nikita launches a YouTube channel and a Patreon page ... Could depression be rational? ... The nihilistic/psychedelic/Buddhist Russian writer Victor Pelevin ... Louis CK and the problem of evil ... Gn...Show More
6) Mind, Body, and Gender (John Horgan & Deirdre McCloskey)
Deirdre McCloskey’s personal experience with mind, body, and gender ... Are there female and male psyches? ... How traditional liberalism guides Deirdre’s personal philosophy ... Why Deirdre describe...Show More
7) Tragedy and Telepathy (John Horgan & Stuart Kauffman)
Stuart’s early interest in the deepest questions in philosophy and science ... How a premonition of his daughter’s tragic death shaped Stuart’s ideas about consciousness ... Telepathy, nonlocality, an...Show More
8) Neuroscientist Christof Koch: The Integrated Information Theory (John Horgan & Christof Koch)
Footprints of consciousness in the brain ... Information and consciousness ... The “Jennifer Aniston neuron” ... Integrated Information Theory and panpsychism ... John and Christof disagree about the ...Show More
9) Philosopher Owen Flanagan: Doubt Yourself (John Horgan & Owen Flanagan)
Owen's transition from Catholicism to "quiet skepticism" ... The problem of evil ... The hubris of modern philosophers ... Can we live with the scientific image of man? ... The origin of the universe,...Show More
10) Deepak Chopra: "I Don't Think There's a Universe" (John Horgan & Deepak Chopra)
Introducing the Mind-Body Problems podcast ... The controversy around Chopra's views on healthcare ... Does Deepak have an ulterior motive? ... Monistic materialism: there’s only matter ... Dualism: m...Show More
Deepak Chopra: "I Don't Think There's a Universe" (John Horgan & Deepak Chopra)
1:00:58 | Oct 24th, 2018