Ep 26: Problems, Knowledge and Wealth

A reaction to @CosmicSkeptic and @SabineHossenfelder discussing the nature, or even possibility of, genuine scientific explanation in this video: https://youtu.be/KWBm0_1QBDs?si=3JwIDGAtumO3mfBz Which of them is correct? Or are they both wrong? What counts as an explanation? What ...  Show more

This is Part 1 of 2 where I compare and contrast what philosophers were saying about the possibility of "Super Intelligence" many years ago with respect to the discourse today. What did Nick Bostrom say over a decade ago, and what is he saying today? How is the discourse being fr ...  Show more

In this episode of Podverse: This week I start off with a bit of an explanation about the change up of scheduling. Then we dive into how times are now and what has changed, we look at what in my mind seems to be a cluster of disaster with shot of GTFO shoved in for good measure. ...  Show more

Sam Harris speaks with Yuval Noah Harari about meditation, the need for stories, the power of technology to erase the boundary between fact and fiction, wealth inequality, the problem of finding meaning in a world without work, religion as a virtual reality game, the difference b ...  Show more

Sam Harris speaks with poet David Whyte about the importance of work and relationships, the balance between training and expressing of one's talents, the lessons of mortality, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain ac ...  Show more

In this episode of Podverse: This week I take you on a bit of a different route. I Start a new miniseries. I call it My deepest expressions, I am going to be adding to it once in a while. In it There will be a disclosure of a few issues I am thinking about and a few words to a co ...  Show more