About the show
"To arrive at the edge of the world's knowledge, seek out the most complex and sophisticated minds, put them in a room together, and have them ask each other the questions they are asking themselves."
Episodes
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Patricia Churchland - The Nature of Moral Motivation
October 16th, 2019 | 40 mins 52 secs
PATRICIA S. CHURCHLAND is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, and adjunct professor at the Salk Institute. Her research has centered on the interface between neuroscience and philosophy, with a current focus on the association of morality and the social brain. She is the author of Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/patricia_s_churchland-the-nature-of-moral-motivation
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Robert Pollack - Rethinking Our Vision of Success [10.10.19]
October 10th, 2019 | 32 mins 30 secs
ROBERT POLLACK is a professor of biological sciences, and also serves as director of the University Seminars at Columbia University. He is the author of The Course of Nature, a book of drawings by the artist Amy Pollack, accompanied by his short explanatory essays. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/robert_pollack-rethinking-our-vision-of-success
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Philip Goff - A Post-Galilean Paradigm [9.24.19]
September 24th, 2019 | 37 mins 51 secs
PHILIP GOFF is a philosopher and consciousness researcher at Durham University, UK, and author of Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness (forthcoming, 2019). The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/philip_goff-a-post-galilean-paradigm
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Julian Barbour - The Universe Is Not in a Box [9.11.19]
September 11th, 2019 | 32 mins 8 secs
JULIAN BARBOUR is a theoretical physicist specializing in the study of time and motion; emeritus visiting professor in physics at the University of Oxford; and author of The Janus Point (forthcoming, 2020) and The End of Time. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/julian_barbour-the-universe-is-not-in-a-box
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W. Daniel Hillis - Emergences [9.4.19]
September 4th, 2019 | 47 mins 47 secs
W. DANIEL HILLIS is an inventor, entrepreneur, and computer scientist, Judge Widney Professor of Engineering and Medicine at USC, and author of The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/w_daniel_hillis-emergences
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Peter Galison - Epistemic Virtues [8.21.19]
August 21st, 2019 | 39 mins 13 secs
PETER GALISON is a science historian; Joseph Pellegrino University Professor and co-founder of the Black Hole Initiative at Harvard University; and author of Einstein's Clocks and Poincaré’s Maps: Empires of Time. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/peter_galison-epistemic-virtues
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George Dyson - AI That Evolves in the Wild [8.14.19]
August 14th, 2019 | 28 mins 2 secs
GEORGE DYSON is a historian of science and technology and author of Darwin Among the Machines and Turing’s Cathedral. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/george_dyson-ai-that-evolves-in-the-wild
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David Chalmers - The Language of Mind [8.8.19]
August 8th, 2019 | 40 mins 28 secs
DAVID CHALMERS is University Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science and co-director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness at New York University. He is best known for his work on consciousness, including his formulation of the "hard problem" of consciousness. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/david_chalmers-the-language-of-mind
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Neil Gershenfeld - Morphogenesis for the Design of Design [7.31.19]
July 31st, 2019 | 47 mins 55 secs
NEIL GERSHENFELD is the director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms; founder of the global fab lab network; the author of FAB; and co-author (with Alan Gershenfeld & Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld) of Designing Reality. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/neil_gershenfeld-morphogenesis-for-the-design-of-design
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Frank Wilczek - Ecology of Intelligence [7.23.19]
July 23rd, 2019 | 36 mins 3 secs
FRANK WILCZEK is the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT, recipient of the 2004 Nobel Prize in physics, and author of A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature’s Deep Design. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/frank_wilczek-ecology-of-intelligence
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Timothy Taylor - Polythetics and the Boeing 737 MAX [7.16.19]
July 16th, 2019 | 36 mins
TIMOTHY TAYLOR is a professor of the prehistory of humanity at the University of Vienna, and author of The Artificial Ape. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/timothy_taylor-polythetics-and-the-boeing-737-max
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Tom Griffiths - Humans: Doing More With Less [7.16.19]
July 16th, 2019 | 38 mins 9 secs
TOM GRIFFITHS is Henry R. Luce Professor of Information, Technology, Consciousness, and Culture at Princeton University. He is co-author (with Brian Christian) of Algorithms to Live By. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/tom_griffiths-humans-doing-more-with-less