Chiara Marletto: A New Form of Science Built on What's Possible
Chiara Marletto, a theoretical physicist, explains Constructor Theory—a framework that shifts physics from dynamics to the realm of possible and impossible transformations. She discusses its implicati...
9 Jan 20242h 8min
David Chalmers: Virtual Reality Is Genuinely Real
Philosopher David Chalmers examines virtual reality at MindFest, questioning whether simulated worlds can be as real and meaningful as the physical universe. He explores the simulation hypothesis, the...
2 Jan 20241h 12min
Robert Sapolsky: Free Will Is an Illusion and Justice Must Change
Robert Sapolsky joins Theories of Everything to explore the intersections of morality, free will, and the justice system. The conversation also delves into human intuition and the implications of chao...
29 Dec 20231h 41min
Daniel Dennett: Why Free Will Survives in a Deterministic Universe
Daniel Dennett challenges the existence of qualia, the soul, and argues consciousness can be uploaded They discuss pragmatism, emergence, and the AI alignment problem, weaving insights from neuroscien...
26 Dec 20232h 51min
The Best of Lue Elizondo: UFOs, Human History, and Altered DNA
Curt Jaimungal talks with former Pentagon program manager Lue Elizondo about the most astonishing UFO revelations, covering philosophy, history, DNA, time, and alien encounters. The conversation chall...
22 Dec 20231h 47min
Donald Hoffman vs. Philip Goff: Conscious Agents or Panpsychism?
Donald Hoffman, a cognitive scientist, and philosopher Philip Goff explore consciousness, perception, evolution, and panpsychism, questioning what is real. Their conversation probes the limits of neur...
19 Dec 20232h 24min
Joscha Bach and Karl Friston: What Happens When the Self Dissolves?
Karl Friston, Joscha Bach, and Curt Jaimungal explore death, AI models of the brain, God, and the nature of consciousness. They debate self‑organization, overlapping realities, and the future of subst...
12 Dec 20232h 45min
Scott Aaronson: The Greatest Unsolved Problem in Math
Scott Aaronson (UT Austin) reveals the P vs NP problem and quantum computing's limits to consciousness The conversation weaves through topics such as Turing universality, the no‑cloning theorem, super...
11 Dec 20232h 22min
