Showing results for "Edge" in Philosophy

Can octopuses feel pain and pleasure? What about crabs, shrimps, insects, or spiders? How do we tell whether a person unresponsive after severe brain injury might be suffering? When does a fetus in the womb start to have conscious experiences? Could there even be rudimentary feelings in miniature models of the human brain, grown from human stem cells? And what about AI? These are questions about the edge of sentience, and they are subject to enormous, disorienting uncertainty. We desperately want certainty, but it is out of reach.

Nearly a hundred years after its publication, Kurt Gödel's famous proof that every mathematical system must contain propositions that are true - yet never provable - continues to unsettle mathematics, philosophy, and computer science. Yet unlike Einstein, with whom he formed a warm and abiding friendship, Gödel has long escaped all but the most casual scrutiny of his life.

In a rarified world of scientific research, a revolution has been brewing. Its activists are not anarchists, but rather Nobel Laureates in physics and economics and pony-tailed graduates, mathematicians, and computer scientists from all over the world. They have formed an iconoclastic think-tank and their radical idea is to create a new science: complexity. They want to know how a primordial soup of simple molecules managed to turn itself into the first living cell--and what the origin of life some four billion years ago can tell us about the process of technological innovation today.

Joan Halifax has enriched thousands of lives around the world through her work as a humanitarian, a social activist, and an anthropologist and as a Buddhist teacher. Over many decades, she has also collaborated with neuroscientists, clinicians, and psychologists to understand how contemplative practice can be a vehicle for social transformation. Through her unusual background, she developed an understanding of how our greatest challenges can become the most valuable source of our wisdom.

Circles | Edges is a reflective podcast exploring the patterns that shape our lives and the moments when those patterns invite us to pause, choose, and change. Hosted by Aaron Tabacco, PhD, the show explores two fundamental dimensions of human experience. The circles are the rhythms we move within each day — habits, relationships, seasons, rituals, and familiar ways of being. The edges are the thresholds: moments of transition, boundary, and decision where something new becomes possible. Recorded in an old-school, late night talk radio style, Circles | Edges blends solitary reflection with ...

Host John Strelecky (author of The Cafe on the Edge of the World) and fellow collaborators share humorous and heartfelt advice about the big questions in life. Hang with them as they bridge the gap between our seemingly absolute unimportance given the grand scale of the universe and yet how to live a meaningful life despite that. Episodes include highlights from interviews he has given, and brand new content recorded just for the show. New episode each month.

“A deep dive into the world of Flat Earth conspiracy theorists . . . that brilliantly reveals how people fall into illogical beliefs, reject reason, destroy relationships, and connect with a broad range of conspiracy theories in the social media age. Beautiful, probing, and often empathetic...

The raw voice of Kiler Davenport—transmissions from the fringe where conformity ends and consciousness begins. This podcast is not for the faint-hearted. Each episode delivers a sonic jolt of unfiltered truth, existential rebellion, and untamed insight. Broadcasting from beyond the borders of polite society, Echoes from the Edge challenges the narratives, dismantles illusions, and speaks to those who still feel the pulse of the wild. When the world numbs, the lone wolf howls.

Andrew will be tapping into the many connections he has made around the world with spiritual teachers, scientists, scholars, and experts to offer you the latest from leaders in lucid dreaming and the study of mind.

The Story Edge interrogates our relationship with storytelling - the original technology that set humanity apart, and the tool that both brings us together and draws the dividing lines.

conversations about God

From the creator of the 100 Greatest Invention Podcast, and the philosopher behind the Monetary Revolution comes a brand new philosophy podcast which seeks to push the bounds of human knowledge and understanding far beyond that which we can see with our own eyes. Interests include: political philosophy, philosophy of time, philosophy of economics, sovereign individualism, the ethics of pleasure, and philosophy through literature.

Kyle Mitchell's podcast.

Random, witty (hopefully), and funny (undeniably) anonymous opinions on... stuff.