Fallible Animals Episode 7: Interview with Science Writer Graham Farmelo
I interview award-winning science writer Graham Farmelo. We discuss ideas in his latest book, The Universe Speaks in Numbers, including the relationship between math and physics, whether the laws of N...
3 Nov 201947min
Fallible Animals Episode 6: Interview with Physicist Chiara Marletto
I interview Oxford physicist Chiara Marletto, who has been working on constructor theory for several years. She's published papers on its applications to various fields, including those of information...
27 Okt 20191h 5min
Fallible Animals Episode 5: What is a Constructor?
We continue our exploration of constructor theory, our deepest theory in physics. We learn about the conceptual tools used in the theory, such as constructors, tasks, and substrates. We explain how co...
21 Okt 201916min
Fallible Animals Episode 4: Intro to Constructor Theory
We motivate and introduce Constructor Theory, humanity's first Theory of Everything (or so I claim). We explain what the founder of Constructor Theory, David Deutsch, calls the prevailing conception, ...
15 Okt 201916min
Fallible Animals Episode 3: Progress as Error-Correction
In this episode of Fallible Animals, we discuss how it is that sciences progresses, despite the fact that all science is conjectural. It turns out that progress entails reducing errors in our worldvie...
8 Okt 201922min
Fallible Animals Episode 2: Intro to Critical Rationalism
We begin our discussion of the philosophy of knowledge called Critical Rationalism. We briefly review the intellectual climate in which it was created, and we discuss some of the core concepts, such a...
28 Sep 201916min
Fallible Animals Episode 1: Introduction
Introduction episode to the Fallible Animals podcast. I very briefly describe the philosophy of critical rationalism, and I hint at the worldview that will be the foundation of the show. More on both ...
24 Sep 20193min
