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Dr. Jeremi Suri is a professor of Public Affairs and History at the University of Texas, Austin whose recent work explores the idea that the American civil war never ended. Suri argues that the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse at the end of the Civil War was just a superficial conclusion of outright hostilities, not a true end to the massive division that ran across America during colonial times. Our conversation with Suri centers around the question of where these divisions come from, what has entrenched them, why the same social rifts are opening not just in America, but all around the world. Most importantly, we wrestle with what can be done about a seeping wound of discontent that refuses to heal. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ Read Jeremi's Books and Fund DemystifySci: https://amzn.to/4dhjidg (00:00) Go! (00:05:22) Low points in history (other than now) (00:09:45) Bring back the CCC! (00:11:28) Civil unrest in the US (00:15:40) Racial divide at the core of the US (00:22:00) A revolutionary's lifestyle (00:26:29) 2nd order messes (00:31:03) Does the president matter that much? (00:37:37) Solution set for systematic inequality (00:49:11) Order v. chaos in society (00:56:16) Post civil war wounds (01:06:25) Anxiety below racism (01:19:08) Journalism was never clean truth (01:33:19) Reality v. internet universe (01:48:53) Moving away from home v. adaptation to the new world (02:01:21) Every kid to college? (02:15:04) Economics & extremism (02:19:32) Is this actually a democracy??? (02:26:07) Tech politics #sciencepodcast #longformpodcast #AmericanHistory, #CivilWar, #Democracy, #PoliticalUnrest, #SocialChange, #HistoricalPerspective, #AmericanMobility, #CivilRights, #PoliticalPolarization, #HistoricalCycles, #SocialJustice, #AmericanIdentity, #PoliticalReform, #HistoricalContext, #DemocraticEvolution Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
The last few weeks we've had some really explosive theories on the show, which have caused a stir in the comments and beyond. We sit down to talk about the philosophy behind why we believe exploring far out theories is so important, and use Paul Feyerabend's Against Method as the backbone for our discussion. We introduce the idea of scientific anarchy, which encourages us to lean into the uncomfortable reality that ideas cannot be prized simply because of their age, or their apparent agreement with existing data. The history of science is littered with theories that were wrong but useful, detectors that are engineered to give us the results we are expecting, and the weighty knowledge that the absence of evidence tells us nothing about what we'll find when we take a closer look at the inner workings of nature. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word! https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ Pick up some Feyerabend and support the pod when you do it here: https://amzn.to/3Y7bcQ8 (00:00) Go! (00:09:56) Podcast insider conspiracy theories (00:16:10) Surrendering to being a useful idiot (00:20:55) becoming a valuable mouthpiece (00:23:48) Patronage of the billionaire king (00:28:24) Two types of conspiracies (00:35:48) Can a free internet rise again? (00:44:35) Monoliths vs chaos, enter Paul Feyerabend (00:48:56) Heuristics and other cognitive offloads (00:55:08) Calcifying opinion into fact (00:58:02) Science is a historical process (01:01:37) Subservience of science to technology (01:04:31) Why Michael Hudson doesn't take libertarians seriously (01:06:49) Handling non-human entities (01:09:40) Triggering the psychological immune system (01:14:06) Counter-rule science (01:17:07) The approach of the Platonic Redditor (01:21:49) An argument for scientific anarchy (01:26:25) All theories have a little bit of gold (01:29:18) Does the buck stop anywhere? (01:35:45) All models suck, but I want to believe (01:41:39) Searching for the needle in the hay (01:47:26) Closing thoughts #sciencepodcast #longformpodcast #ScientificAnarchy, #PaulFeyerabend, #AgainstMethod, #PhilosophyOfScience, #ExploringTheories, #UncomfortableTruths, #ScientificRevolution, #ScientificDebate, #FarOutTheories, #ChallengingNorms, #SciencePhilosophy, #InnovativeIdeas, #BreakthroughScience, #ScientificMethod, #CriticalThinking, #AlternativeScience, #RevolutionaryThoughts, #NewPerspectives, #ScienceAndPhilosophy, #HistoryOfScience Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
Forrest Maready is an author, filmmaker, and radio show host who is driven by trying to understand alternate versions of the history of religion, culture, and disease. He's written a number of books on the subject of environmental toxins and disease, which include radical revisions to the story of polio and autism. In this conversation we explore his somewhat radical perspective - that the vast majority of disease, if not all disease, is the result of industrial pollutants getting into our bodies and wreaking havoc. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Support both Forrest and us when you shop for his books here: https://amzn.to/3WfU73I Check out Forrest's radio show: www.forrestmaready.com Follow Forrest on X: https://x.com/forrestmaready Rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ (00:00:00) Go!
(00:05:50) Strangeness of Smallpox
(00:12:14) a dark history of medicine
(00:18:57) questionable outcomes of common meds
(00:20:58) When did doctors become nobility?
(00:27:46) A strange palate
(00:31:46) unique genetic sensitivities
(00:35:54) EM & sound pollution
(00:41:07) On finding your tribe
(00:44:55) On orienting towards truth & invention
(00:57:44) Polio and the confluence of environment and technology
(01:06:43) YouTube folks start here
(01:07:10) Loose threads in the polio story
(01:11:58) The art of retelling settled history
(01:18:55) The sudden appearance of widespread viral paralysis
(01:28:15) Evolving from a rural scourge to an urban epidemic
(01:35:40) Was paralytic polio caused by enviromental toxicity?
(01:41:18) Did the polio vaccine end the epidemic?
(01:48:22) The Polio story as a gateway drug
(01:50:26) Autism, epidemics, and censored discourse
(02:01:10) The absence of a clear genetic cause
(02:09:12) Where did autism begin, and what caused its rise?
(02:12:35) Unpacking the Wakefield study
(02:19:53) The American ethic of money
(02:31:53) A dramatic expansion of the vaccine schedule
(02:39:41) The mysterious mechanism of adjuvants
(02:48:38) What caused the explosion of cases?
(02:55:42) A horrible theory that would be best disproven
(03:01:21) What's the tradeoff here?
(03:07:25) A wrinkle in vaccine justification
(03:11:14) Closing thoughts #sciencepodcast #longformpodcast #Epidemiology, #PublicHealth, #InfectiousDiseases, #EnvironmentalHealth, #Pollution, #HealthScience, #DiseasePrevention, #Toxicology, #HealthResearch, #GlobalHealth, #EnvironmentalImpact, #DiseaseEcology, #PandemicHistory, #HealthPolicy, #Contamination, #AirPollution, #WaterPollution, #IndustrialPollution, #DiseaseOutbreaks, #HealthAwareness Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
Prof. Gabriele Carcassi is a University of Michigan Physicists who became obsessed with a simple question during his training. Where do the mathematics of physics actually come from? They are handed down to us as students as if they were immutable laws of nature… but are they? Or are they simply mathematical transformations that have long ago left the realm of reality and made their home in the spheres of theory? It turns out that we really don’t know where the line between pure theory and physical reality can be drawn! Luckily, Carcassi and his research partner Prof. Christine Aidala have dedicated their time to deciphering what they call the “Assumptions of Physics,” a project which they hope will let them take apart the basic principles of the foundational science and put the whole thing back together again in a way that makes much more sense. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word! https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ Check out Carcassi's Assumptions of Physics project: https://assumptionsofphysics.org/ Check out Carcassi's Youtube Page: @gcarcassi Check out the Assumptions of Physics YouTube page: @AssumptionsofPhysicsResearch 00:00 Go! 00:06:00 Reverse physics 00:07:07 Standard physics approach 00:09:36 Lagrangian rulers 00:19:15 What is a physical dimension? 00:27:51 What is an electron, really? 00:34:30 Physical objects as informational bins 00:48:45 Math & intuition 01:00:57 Begging for money in basic science 01:21:48 Physics envy 01:36:47 Reverse physics undermines standard approach? 01:48:38 Constants of nature 02:05:52 Empiricists v. rationalists 02:35:36 Interpreting quantum spin 02:53:22 Michael Levin #sciencepodcast #longformpodcast #physics, #scienceeducation, #quantumphysics, #physicsresearch, #assumptionsofphysics, #physicsdimensions, #electron, #physicsintuition, #empiricism, #rationalism Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
Simon Shack is an amateur astronomer, independent researcher, and author. He is the modern champion of an old idea, last held in Tycho Brahe’s time, that the sun is not at the center of the solar system. At first blush, this sounds preposterous, for we have hundreds of years of data that supports the heliocentric Copernican model. But the more you listen, the more your mind melts, because not only does the data fit… it seems to fit better than the conventional model in multiple cases. We spend the conversation unpacking Simon’s model, figuring out what makes it run, the assumptions that make sense, and the loose threads that still need to be woven in. It is a WILD ride, and a truly great exploration of what it means when the same set of observations can produce a radically different interpretation. To follow along visually, check out https://www.tychos.space/ where you can find a copy of Simon’s book and the Tychosium, a stellarium-type simulator built to show the inner workings of the model. Lets go!!! Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word! https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ 00:00 Go! 00:09:52 Revisiting Tycho Brahe's solar system 00:12:45 Did Kepler cheat to win the race? 00:16:20 Tycho himself 00:21:05 Copernicus 00:22:37 Precession problems 00:29:37 Earth's tiny orbit, the PVP 00:40:46 If Earth wobbles, why don't the planet's declination wobble too? 00:53:28 Creating the Tychos model 01:00:50 Even if wrong, Tychos is important 01:07:48 Overview of Tychos model - the binary system 01:21:41 The elephant in the room: gravity 01:22:29 Sirius as model binary system - partner system? 01:31:11 Newton's relation works pretty well 01:32:31 NASA data discarded 01:35:08 NASA satellites in heliocentric orbits 01:41:22 Assuming NASA's data is good to go 01:46:30 Any evidence that would change your mind? 01:51:04 Size of conspiracy matters? 01:57:34 Rescuing Newtonian mechanics 02:03:08 Stars are much much closer? 02:08:48 Parallax issues 02:17:20 Sirius returns 02:25:25 Distance assumptions 02:28:17 Stellar metamorphosis 02:32:07 Moons of the sun? 02:36:56 Halley's comet by other names #sciencepodcast #longformpodcast #astronomy, #solarSystem, #TychoBrahe, #Tychos, #Copernicus, #Kepler, #binarySystem, #stellarParallax, #Sirius, #HeliocentricModel Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
Today's episode features Jason Padgett, a physicist and artist whose path to a mathematical conception of reality began with a violent attack in his early 30s. We discuss this transformation after brain injury. How with zero mathematical background he found himself reinventing calculus. We discuss his attempts to bring himself into line with peers who had a very different formal training. Then we discuss his particular theoretical projects in physics. In particular he has developed a theory of informational constants of nature, which he calls holographic quantum information theory in an effort to unify quantum mechanics and Einsteinian relativity. To make sense of that we unpack concepts like cubits, hidden information, and quantum vector spin models. We close with a discussion of probabilistic reality and the nature of material reality versus mathematical models. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word! https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ Jason's latest AI conversation about his model: https://chatgpt.com/share/a32bc04b-b811-408f-9ea1-6489c23c55eb Jason's artwork: https://jason-padgett.pixels.com/ 00:00 Go! 00:05:59 Ideas in different languages 00:10:58 Before the attack 00:14:25 The attack 00:27:00 My mind starts changing overnight 00:35:52 Reinventing calculus with no formal training 00:49:05 Savantism 00:57:56 Informational constant of nature 01:02:33 Cubits? 01:06:56 Hidden information between Planck times 01:14:03 Reconciling probabilistic reality 01:21:32 Everything is light, QS vectors 01:26:15 Quantum Vector Spin models Einstein's time dilation 01:37:37 Material reality v. math 01:59:58 Hawking radiation 02:08:48 Translation through free education 02:17:36 Using AI to translate your math into words 02:25:51 Eternal recurrence #sciencepodcast #longformpodcast #PhysicsInjuryRecovery, #MathematicalSavant, #QuantumTheory, #BrainInjurySurvivor, #MathematicalGenius, #ArtisticTransformation, #NeuroscienceDiscovery, #SavantSyndrome, #BrainInjuryRecovery, #MathematicalInsights, #QuantumPhysics, #GeniusAfterInjury, #PhysicistStory, #NeuroscienceResearch, #MathematicalIntuition, #QuantumMechanics, #BrainDamageRecovery, #SavantAbilities, #MathematicalDiscovery, #QuantumMind. Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
Jim Keller is a microprocessor engineer who has run the gauntlet of today’s leading tech companies during their peak performance years. He’s designed for Intel, AMD, Apple, and Tesla, he’s worked for Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, he’s survived the boom and bust cycle of the tech world, and is still surfing a wave of progress at least partially of his making. He’s currently CEO of Tenstorrent, an AI chip startup that’s out to unseat NVIDIA, and is the co-founder of Atomic Semi, which aims to produce the world’s first tabletop semiconductor fabrication device. Normally, Jim’s interviews are all about the technical aspects of his work - chips, computer architecture, and the future of AI. We sat down for a conversation about the soft-power side of progress - building teams, surviving bubbles, why small orgs are better, how no one knows how to maintain the sweet spot between chaos and order, and the weird coincidence of living on a planet that’s basically made of the raw materials needed for computers.
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00:04:09 Institutional expiration dates
00:10:38 Life-cycles of companies
00:16:52 Steve Job on trend setting in tech
00:22:03 Do no evil doesn't pay
00:26:43 Predicting outcomes
00:34:55 Bigger company isn't smarter
00:40:12 Tesla & autopilot woes
00:46:02 Making new tech affordable
00:49:46 Gen one computer customers
00:53:29 The unrelenting progression of tech gens
01:02:24 Organization dynasties v. company lifetimes
01:11:46 End of life plan for companies?
01:20:29 Civilization level lifecycles in the background
01:26:54 Tools that re-engineered our culture
01:35:59 What is non computational about being human
01:43:07 Thinking subconsciously
01:49:44 Can computers announce and address a novel problem?
01:54:26 Super-intelligent machines aren't a threat
01:59:16 Stuck at a computed social optimum v. chaos
02:07:02 AI tailored personal realities
02:13:30 Scarcity mindsets are public enemy #1
02:24:25 Limits on government architecture
02:26:15 More small indy operations are better
02:30:52 "You can't build that"
02:36:26 Interesting v. perfection
02:42:51 Being part of the solution
02:49:24 Happiness v. progress
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Today on the show we are meeting up with Kehlan Morgan, from @Formscapes on YouTube. Kehlan is a master of the past and helps wrestle with a wide range of favorite philosophical dilemmas. We question whether matter can produce consciousness or if it's a separate phenomenon.We discuss intergenerational memory and Sheldrake's theory of morphic fields, proposing a collective memory beyond genetics. We examine of the distinction between description and explanation in science, and how it impacts our understanding of reality. We critique modern science's disempowering effects, including the inversion of beneficial myths and the exploitation of unseen forces. Finally we glean insights from Rudolph Steiner's work, highlighting a schism between relational reality and objective reality, questioning the dominance of physics and exploring the limitations of a monistic worldview. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word! https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ Kehlan's website: https://www.formscapes.org/about on X: https://x.com/Nalhek_Morgan & his Discord: https://discord.gg/fecMjjWQ56 (00:00) Go! (00:04:24) Matter doesn't "do" consciousness? (00:08:03) Intergenerational memory, Sheldrake's morphic fields (00:13:27) Matter having wants (00:18:21) Description v. explanation on center stage (00:25:42) Disempowering science (00:37:00) Alchemy as analogy (00:47:51) Inversion of beneficial mythos (00:58:59) Functional philosophies & Rudolph Steiner (01:10:56) The unseen is exploited (01:23:33) Goethe, perception, & Material Atomics (01:36:50) Failures of monism (01:48:51) Relational reality v. objective reality (01:56:51) Relativism's corrosion & phenomenology face off (02:14:11) Possible v. impossible distinguishes theory (02:22:03) Physics might not deserve to be king #sciencepodcast #longformpodcast #Consciousness, #MorphicFields, #PhilosophyOfScience, #AlternativeScience, #RudolphSteiner, #IntergenerationalMemory, #HolisticScience, #RelationalReality, #ObjectiveReality, #MindAndMatter, #ModernScienceCritique, #FunctionalPhilosophy, #Phenomenology, #GoetheanScience, #MonismVsDualism, #ScienceAndSpirituality, #UnseenForces, #AlchemicalAnalogy, #CollectiveMemory, #ExplorationOfReality Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
Devon Eriksen is the author of the ongoing Space Orbital trilogy, which opened up with Theft of Fire, described as a "Shoot-em-up space opera, [of] mysterious alien artifacts, freedom-minded Belters versus corporate oligarchs..." In his work, Devon explores many of the themes we tinker with on the show - particularly the ethics of space exploration. A steadfast exploration of space-colonization, Devon brings a very different perspective to the human project not often embraced by the analytic academics we often encounter, who seem to be concerned with de-growth and the scaling back of our material economy. We talk about the role of government in space exploration, the colonial perils of the past in the context of the New Frontier, and the role of fiction in shaping objective reality.
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00:05:16 Theft of Fire & an optimistic sci-fi
00:11:53 Cultural wars...in space
00:20:56 Are we doomed to repeat the past?
00:34:32 Is there a way out?
00:45:35 An ever-present risk of technological decay
00:55:22 Why'd we lose the taste for space?
01:05:10 A faulty arc of pessimism
01:13:31 The design of future children
01:19:02 Is fertility panic misguided?
01:29:07 a conversation about race
01:39:32 How to balance progress with fairness?
01:44:18 Full speed ahead, but what about porn addiction?
01:49:32 Closing thoughts
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Dr. Simon Michaux is a professor of geometallurgy at the Geological Survey of Finland. After having spent several years in private industry, he was laid off during one of the regular busts that inevitably accompany booms in the mining sector. In that period, Simon found a new appreciation for the material basis of civilization while taking temporary work as an organic farmer. When he returned to intellectual work as a professor, he brought this real-world understanding to geopolitical assessments, presenting his analyses to everyone from economists to UN delegations. Ultimately, what separates Simon from his peers is his ability to suggest a realistic solution set to the difficulty of planning a technologically accelerating future within the confines of a fundamentally finite material ecosystem. He lays out a set of alternative approaches to nuclear power, combustion power, and engines that will absolutely make you stop and reconsider the possibilities. His presentation begins with the idea that we may be running out of petroleum, but that doesn't mean we have to be running out of fuel. A subsequent podcast will explore Simon's ongoing work to demonstrate his principles in an idealized city-of-the future in the desert of Peru. More on his Prometheus Project to come, very soon. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB 00:00 Go! 00:07:41 How I got here and what's the problem 00:15:19 Why the green revolution will fail 00:24:27 Getting involved in government work 00:31:23 An endless war for oil 00:34:59 Are we past peak oil? 00:44:26 an explosion in volatility across the board 00:53:05 Is debt spiraling out of control? 01:02:56 What does joining BRICS look like? 01:09:38 An argument for moving away from oil that has nothing to do with supply or pollution 01:19:56 Productivity and post-oil economies 01:28:53 Resourcing the transition 01:37:41 What are the alternatives? 01:51:42 The Purple Transition 01:56:25 Thorium Molten Salt Reactor 02:14:06 Where does anti-nuclear come from? 02:21:14 Combustion of Iron Powder 02:32:50 Novel battery tech 02:35:46 Ammonia internal combustion engines 02:45:03 Closing thoughts #sciencepodcast #longformpodcast #Geometallurgy, #SimonMichaux, #GeologicalSurvey, #OrganicFarming, #MaterialBasis, #Civilization, #GeopoliticalAssessments, #SustainableEnergy, #TechnologicalFuture, #FiniteResources, #NuclearPower, #AlternativeEnergy, #Petroleum, #FuelAlternatives, #MiningIndustry, #EnergySolutions, #RenewableEnergy, #EcoInnovation, #PrometheusProject, #FutureCities, #Prometheusproject #venusproject Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
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