Is the Universe a Donut? And Other Existential Questions
A listener request today. What shape is the Universe? Come and join our Facebook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/537847055973659Music: www.purple-planet.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
8 Mars 202552min
OCEAN's Five: An explanation of self?
In their continuing mission to understand the self Thomas asks Stephen to explain how trait based theories work and the use of psychometrics.Come and join our Facebook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/gr...
22 Feb 20251h 5min
Fusion Confusion
Dad asks Thomas: exactly what is nuclear fusion? And is it still 20 years away? Come and join our Facebook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/537847055973659Music: www.purple-planet.com Hosted on Ac...
22 Feb 20251h 2min
What is Consciousness?
Thomas asks Stephen to explain the 'small matter' of consciousness. Stephen focuses upon the element of consciousness sometimes called a subjective experience. There is a lot of talk about this questi...
8 Feb 20251h 6min
What is the Lagrangian? Also a bit of Higgs Field talk.
Dad keeps hearing science podcasters talk about The Lagrangian, but it sounds like a character from the Matrix to him. Thomas takes his future father-in-law on a journey, with stops along the way at ...
8 Feb 202546min
Me, Myself and Us: Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
What is an archetype? What did Jung mean when he talked about them? How did Jung draw on, and then adapt Freud's ideas about the unconscious? What is the collective unconscious? This time of Matter Ov...
25 Jan 202556min
The Fast and the Massless: The Science Behind the Speed of Light
After watching a Sabine Hossenfelder video on YouTube claiming it might be possible to exceed the speed of light, Stephen asks Thomas whether this could be true, and just why it seems to be impossible...
25 Jan 202549min
Introducing Matter Over Mind
Welcome to Matter Over Mind, your essential guide to help you make sense of the science chatter. This is a short introduction.Music: www.purple-planet.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...
5 Jan 20253min
