Ep 199: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Realit...

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

العلم بيشكل ويقود عالمنا الحاضر! تقريبا كل صور التقدم، المعرفة، والنقلات البشرية الحديثة علمية فى جوهرها، من المضادات الحيوية، أجهزة الكمبيوتر، فهمنا لعملية التطور البشري، إلي قدرتنا لوضع قمر صناعي في مدار كوكب زحل! بالنسبة لكثير من البشر فى العصر الحالي التقدم هو ببساطة مصطلح آخ ...  Show more

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How can mathematical models inform our understanding of the world? And how can we expl ...

Physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince are joined by special guests Alexei Sayle and philosopher Julian Baggini to discuss Stephen Hawking's recent comment that "philosophy is dead". Does the progress of science mean the need for disciplines such as philosophy and even relig ...  Show more

Faced with one cake and eight hungry people, it’s pretty obvious how maths underpins reality. But as mathematics gets further from common sense and into seemingly abstract territory, nature still seems to obey its rules - whether in the orbit of a planet, the number of petals ...