Why is Consciousness Baffling?
How does consciousness weave its magical web of inner awareness-appreciating music, enjoying art, feeling love? Even when all mental functions may be explained, the great mystery—what it "feels like" ...
5 Apr 202326min
What is Philosophy of the Breakthrough Process?
Scientific Breakthroughs are discoveries or theories that are milestones and touchstones, signposts and short-cuts, surprises and revelations. How to get at the nature or essence of the Breakthrough p...
29 Mars 202326min
Nicholas Humphrey on Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness
Neuropsychologist Nicholas Humphrey discusses his new book, Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness. He tackles the hard problem, Phenomenal Consciousness vs. Cognitive Consciousness, and Identity T...
22 Mars 20231h 15min
Is Time Travel Possible?
Some scientists take time travel seriously. Should you? What does time travel reveal about the nature of space and time and the laws of physics under extreme conditions? This episode features intervie...
15 Mars 202326min
Jill Tarter on Alien Intelligences, Extraterrestrial Technology, and SETI
Jill Tarter, former Director of the Center for SETI Research, talks to host Robert Lawrence Kuhn about the search for alien life, alien technology and technosignatures, the Fermi Paradox, risks from e...
8 Mars 202337min
What are Scientific Breakthroughs in Physics?
Science explores how the world works. Breakthroughs drive science, challenging conventional wisdom, changing ways of thinking. Physics is foundational. What are Breakthroughs in Physics? What characte...
1 Mars 202326min
Sean Carroll on the Biggest Ideas in the Universe
Sean Carroll talks about about his terrific new book, The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion. He also dives into the importance of equations in popular science writing, conservatio...
22 Feb 20231h 12min
Is Death Final?
Is there life after death? Death is the ultimate defeat. No matter our successes, we are all doomed to suffer the final failure. But some claim that death is not final. Can the defeat be defeated? In ...
15 Feb 202326min
