Uncertainty
Uncertainty
Podcast Description
A philosophy graduate student working his way, with the world's leading thinkers, through the problems of philosophy, religion, science, and the existential struggle with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) - similar to Alex O'Connor, but more American. Who wants to come along for the ride?
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The podcast explores themes such as the intersection of philosophy and religion, scientific realism, fine-tuning arguments, the historicity of Jesus, and existential inquiries into belief systems. Specific episodes include debates on the resurrection of Jesus with Dr. Richard Carrier, an examination of anti-realism in science with Dr. Barry Loewer, and discussions on cosmic origins with various experts.
A philosophy Ph.D. student working his way, with the world’s leading thinkers, through the problems of philosophy, religion, science, and the existential struggle with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) – similar to Alex O’Connor, but more American. Who wants to come along for the ride?
Emily Adlam discusses the problems facing several interpretations of quantum mechanics: principal among them, the probability problem. Prepare for discussion of self-locating credences, branch-counting, and whether a mechanism deposits consciousness throughout the branching wavefunction of the universe.
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EPISODE CHAPTERS:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:52 The problem of recovering empirical confirmation
00:04:47 The many-worlds interpretation
00:07:01 The measurement problem
00:08:42 The probability problem in many-worlds
00:12:06 The decision-theoretic approach to probability
00:16:33 Self-locating evidence and Everettian quantum mechanics
00:19:20 Pure vs. superficial self-locating credence
00:25:08 Can the Born rule constrain self-locating credence?
00:30:15 Interpretations vs. theories of quantum mechanics
00:34:51 Can we save science from quantum mechanics?
00:44:30 What happened to the Copenhagen interpretation?
00:46:45 What do physicists believe about quantum mechanics?
00:48:27 The anthropic argument for God
00:56:22 Multiverses, fine-tuning, and self-locating evidence
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