Ep 90: Fallibilism

This episode is heavily focussed on Dawkin's "Selfish Gene" explanation of Darwin's evolution by natural selection. Obviously there are readings from the relevant part of this chapter from The Fabric of Reality but I augment that with sections from "The Selfish Gene" itself as we ...  Show more

Do not destroy the means of error correction. A deep unification of knowledge akin to unifying quantum theory with computation to create the theory of quantum computation. David Deutsch will be known for not merely forging the basis of quantum computing but also a new basis for m ...  Show more

PART #2 - Previously in Part #1, of the Marcus Fiesel story, you heard about a little boys life, before entering into the foster care system. You also heard about how he was then placed into the home of a couple, who from the outside, appeared to be loving and caring childcare pr ...  Show more

Hit jobs, heists, and strange music choices galore! In this second part of the Goodfellas discussion, David Chen and Joanna Robison talk about the film’s time trip through fashion, the best trip to prison ever, and we hear what happened to the real Henry Hill after the film ends. ...  Show more

In the second part of the Munich discussion, Dave and Joanna talk about the strange arc this story takes and the theme of going home after changing. Plus we’ll hear what really happened in the assassination attempts of Ali Hassan Salameh, and yes, we’ll talk about that weird scen ...  Show more

In this special edition episode, Rhett & Link focus on exploring their creative process when it comes to song writing. The episode features never-before-heard demos of songs like "Rub Some Bacon on It," "My Hair Song," and "It's My Belly Button," original recordings of songs that ...  Show more