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What is The Future for Cities?382I_Carolyn Whitzman, Adjunct Professor and Housing Researcher at the University of Toronto School of Cities"At its best, cities offer the opportunity to be your best authentic self."Are you interested in thriving historical neighbourhoods to learn from? What do you think about looking into other people’s homes through the window? How can we learn and apply what works for communities? Interview with Carolyn Whitzman, Adjunct Professor and Housing Researcher at the University of Toronto School of Cities. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, feminism, curiosity, learning from historical evidence, and many more. Dr Carolyn Whitzman is a leading housing and social po...

2025-12-0343 min

Conjecture Institute Ep 10: Vlatko VedralOxford physicist Vlatko Vedral speaks with Conjecture Institute President Logan Chipkin about quantum information theory, testing whether or not gravity is classical, whether spacetime is fundamental or emergent, and more. Get Vlatko's new book, Portals to a New Reality: Five Pathways to the Future of Physics: https://a.co/d/cqCIK8x Learn more about Vlatko's work: https://www.vlatkovedral.com Learn more about Conjecture Institute: https://www.conjectureinstitute.org

2025-11-221h 03

What is The Future for Cities?376R_Jocelyn Chiew, strategic and urban designer"The city is a place to discover the world ... a global or a universal experience rooted in place."Are you interested in resilience of all lifeforms? What do you think about an urban vision which leads accountability and hope? How can we create better storytelling focused on problem solving for better futures? Interview with Jocelyn Chiew, strategic and urban designer. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, affordable housing, resilience, leadership, belonging, and many more. Jocelyn Chiew is an architect, landscape architect and expert in place planning and design...

2025-11-1246 min

The Theory of Anything Episode 119: New Right vs Libertarianism w/Logan ChipkinThis week we interview Logan Chipkin. Logan is a writer and author of several books. Recently he co-authored and published The Sovereign Child about raising children without coercion, and The Lords of the Cosmos, which tells the story of progress through the lens of good philosophy. Logan is also the president of Conjecture Institute, which is a brand new organization dedicated to promoting the worldview of Karl Popper and David Deutsch. (Follow on X)Here we discuss the New Right vs libertarianism. We consider: What is the core difference between liberalism, conservatism...

2025-10-281h 54

What is The Future for Cities?340I_Aaron Stupple, physician and author of The Sovereign Child, and Logan Chipkin, president of Conjecture Institute and junior author of The Sovereign ChildAre you interested in how empowered children can change the future of cities? What do you think about the Taking Children Seriously approach? How can we bring up the next generation in the learning machine, also known as the city? Interview with Aaron Stupple, physician and author of The Sovereign Child, and Logan Chipkin, president of Conjecture Institute and junior author of The Sovereign Child. We talk about their vision for the future of cities, city as a learning machine, children’s opportunities to network, protests, and many more. Aaron Stupple is a practicing physician an...

2025-07-1050 min

What is The Future for Cities?339R_The Sovereign Child: A Radically Noncoercive Approach to Parenting (research summary)Are you interested in bringing up the next generation as sovereign individuals for better urban futures? Summary of the book titled The Sovereign Child: A Radically Noncoercive Approach to Parenting from 2025, by Aaron Stupple.This is a great preparation to our next interview with Aaron Stupple and Logan Chipkin in episode 340 talking about the challenges and opportunities for the next generation in creating the future of cities. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how we can nurture the next generation of thinkers and...

2025-07-0812 min

What is The Future for Cities?340I_Trailer_Aaron Stupple, physician and author of The Sovereign Child, and Logan Chipkin, president of Conjecture Institute and junior author of The Sovereign ChildAre you interested in how empowered children can change the future of cities? What do you think about the Taking Children Seriously approach? How can we bring up the next generation in the learning machine, also known as the city? Trailer for episode 340 - interview with Aaron Stupple, physician and author of The Sovereign Child, and Logan Chipkin, president of Conjecture Institute and junior author of The Sovereign Child. We talk about their vision for the future of cities, city as a learning machine, children’s opportunities to network, protests, and many more. Find out more in the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠episode⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Episode generated with ⁠⁠⁠Descript⁠⁠⁠ assi...

2025-07-0602 min

What is The Future for Cities?338I_Alison Watson, Founder and Chief Executive of Class Of Your Own"The future of cities will be delivered by that 8-year old. Because that 8-year old is soon 18 and then 28."Are you interested in involving the next generation into the building industry? What do you think about the knowledge and behaviour shortage? How can we encourage real partnerships between schools and the industry? Interview with Alison Watson, Founder and Chief Executive of Class Of Your Own. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, the next generation, education as increasing confidence and resilience, and many more. Alison Watson MBE is the...

2025-07-031h 03

Infinite Loops Aaron Stupple & Logan Chipkin — The Sovereign Child: Liberating Kids from the Tyranny of RulesWhat if everything we think we know about raising children is not just wrong, but actively harmful? Aaron Stupple and Logan Chipkin, authors of "The Sovereign Child," join Infinite Loops to make a case so compelling and radical that it challenges the very foundation of modern parenting and education. From birth, we're told that children need rules, structure, and authority to thrive. But what if this approach is crushing their natural creativity, problem-solving abilities, and authentic self-development? Stupple and Chipkin argue that children are people—full stop. They have reasons, preferences, and the capacity to make decisions ab...

2025-06-261h 59

Conjecture Institute Ep 1: Conjecture Institute Co-Founder and President Logan ChipkinBrett Hall speaks with Logan Chipkin about https://www.conjectureinstitute.org/ and the purpose of this podcast series.

2025-05-2444 min

Don’t Miss: This Eye-Opening Full Audiobook For Story Seekers.The Sovereign Child by Aaron Stupple, Logan ChipkinPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/47915to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sovereign Child Author: Aaron Stupple, Logan Chipkin Narrator: Aaron Stupple Format: mp3 Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins Release date: 05-12-25 Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings Genres: Relationships Publisher's Summary: Could it really be okay to let kids eat whatever they want? Sleep whenever they want? Watch whatever they want? If kids are completely free to make their own choices, they’ll develop damaging habits that will haunt them into adulthood. Surely parents have a duty to set a few limits. But what if this conventional wisdom is wrong? Wh...

2025-05-126h 41

Dive Into: This Thought-Provoking Full Audiobook For Busy Professionals.The Sovereign Child by Aaron Stupple, Logan ChipkinPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/47078to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sovereign Child Author: Aaron Stupple, Logan Chipkin Narrator: Aaron Stupple Format: mp3 Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins Release date: 05-12-25 Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings Genres: Parenting & Families Publisher's Summary: Could it really be okay to let kids eat whatever they want? Sleep whenever they want? Watch whatever they want? If kids are completely free to make their own choices, they’ll develop damaging habits that will haunt them into adulthood. Surely parents have a duty to set a few limits. But what if this conventional wisdom is wr...

2025-05-126h 41

Tune In To The Addictive Full Audiobook Now, Thriller Fans!The Sovereign Child by Aaron Stupple, Logan ChipkinPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/47679to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sovereign Child Author: Aaron Stupple, Logan Chipkin Narrator: Aaron Stupple Format: mp3 Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins Release date: 05-12-25 Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings Genres: Personal Development Publisher's Summary: Could it really be okay to let kids eat whatever they want? Sleep whenever they want? Watch whatever they want? If kids are completely free to make their own choices, they’ll develop damaging habits that will haunt them into adulthood. Surely parents have a duty to set a few limits. But what if this conventional wisdom is wr...

2025-05-126h 41

Dive Into A Ground-Breaking Full Audiobook On Your Commute.The Sovereign Child by Aaron Stupple, Logan ChipkinPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/47078to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sovereign Child Author: Aaron Stupple, Logan Chipkin Narrator: Aaron Stupple Format: mp3 Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins Release date: 05-12-25 Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings Genres: Parenting & Families Publisher's Summary: Could it really be okay to let kids eat whatever they want? Sleep whenever they want? Watch whatever they want? If kids are completely free to make their own choices, they’ll develop damaging habits that will haunt them into adulthood. Surely parents have a duty to set a few limits. But what if this conventional wisdom is wr...

2025-05-126h 41

Fallible Animals Did the Catholic Church Plant the Seeds of Science?Audio version of my Substack essay: Did the Catholic Church Plant the Seeds for Science? Essay: https://logan893.substack.com/p/did-t... Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan Substack: https://substack.com/@logan893 Airchat: http://getairchat.com/s/ofI8mZXH Novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CD52TMHT/ Website: www.loganchipkin.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/logan-chipkin/support

2023-12-0711 min

Fallible Animals Money: Where Economics and Memetics MeetAudio version of my essay, Money: Where Economics and Memetics Meet. Original Substack post: https://logan893.substack.com/p/money-where-economics-and-memetics Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan Substack: https://substack.com/@logan893 Airchat: http://getairchat.com/s/ofI8mZXH Novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CD52TMHT/ Website: www.loganchipkin.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/logan-chipkin/support

2023-11-2608 min

Fallible Animals Constructor Theory: Basics, Theory, & ExperimentAudio version of my Substack post, Constructor Theory: Basics, Theory, & Experiment Substack post: https://logan893.substack.com/p/constructor-theory-basics-theory Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan Substack: https://substack.com/@logan893 Airchat: http://getairchat.com/s/ofI8mZXH Novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CD52TMHT/ Website: www.loganchipkin.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/logan-chipkin/support

2023-10-2022 min

Fallible Animals The Anarchist at the WeddingAudio version of my Substack post, The Anarchist at the Wedding: https://logan893.substack.com/p/the-anarchist-at-the-wedding Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan Substack: https://substack.com/@logan893 Airchat: http://getairchat.com/s/ofI8mZXH Novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CD52TMHT/ Website: www.loganchipkin.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/logan-chipkin/support

2023-10-1507 min

Fallible Animals Thermodynamics: Born of WarAudio version of my Substack essay, Thermodynamics: Born of War. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan Substack: https://substack.com/@logan893 Airchat: http://getairchat.com/s/ofI8mZXH Novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CD52TMHT/ Website: www.loganchipkin.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/logan-chipkin/support

2023-10-0710 min

Fallible Animals Economics: A Universal AcidAudio version of my recent Substack essay, Economics: A Universal Acid. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan Substack: https://substack.com/@logan893 Airchat: http://getairchat.com/s/ofI8mZXH Novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CD52TMHT/ Website: www.loganchipkin.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/logan-chipkin/support

2023-09-2905 min

Arjun Khemani Podcast #19 – Logan Chipkin: Understanding EconomicsThis episode was recorded on Airchat. Learn more at getairchat.com.Logan Chipkin is a writer. You can purchase his recently published fantasy novel, Windfall here.Follow Logan on Twitter @ChipkinLogan and on Airchat @logan.TIMESTAMPS0:33 - A brief history of Austrian economics9:15 - Is economics a science?14:12 - How to think about the state21:05 - The problem with welfare statism30:05 - Constructor Theory and Austrian economics33:12 - Economic creationism41:20 - Consumerism: does capitalism rob us of meaning from...

2023-07-282h 10

Solar Maverick Podcast SMP 135: A Perfect Fit-Solar and BitcoinEpisode Summary In this episode of Solar Maverick Podcast, Benoy is interviewed by Logan Chipkin about Solar and Bitcoin and how Solar Energy can be used for Bitcoin Mining. Benoy Thanjan Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO of Reneu Energy and he is also an advisor for several solar startup companies. He has extensive project origination, development, and financial experience in the renewable energy industry and in the environmental commodities market. This includes initial site evaluation, permitting, financing, sourcing equipment, and negotiating the long-term energy and environmental commodities off-t...

2023-06-1240 min $ericmckay4 \'s Listen Later$

ericmckay4 's Listen Later Constructor Theory and Irreversibility: A conversation with Chiara Marletto and Vlatko Vedral on a novel unification between information theory and thermodynamics and their recent experiment that tested, and corroborated, the constructor theoretic notion... Podcast: FQxI Podcast (LS 32 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Constructor Theory and Irreversibility: A conversation with Chiara Marletto and Vlatko Vedral on a novel unification between information theory and thermodynamics and their recent experiment that tested, and corroborated, the constructor theoretic notion...Pub date: 2022-04-20Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationConstructor Theory and Irreversibility: A conversation with Chiara Marletto and Vlatko Vedral on a novel unification between information theory and thermodynamics and their recent experiment that tested, and corroborated, the constructor theoretic notion of irr...

2023-04-1252 min $ericmckay4 \'s Listen Later$

ericmckay4 's Listen Later Fallible Animals Episode 10: Interview with Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Podcast: Fallible Animals (LS 26 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Fallible Animals Episode 10: Interview with Physicist Sabine HossenfelderPub date: 2019-11-29Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationI interview physicist and science writer Sabine Hossenfelder. She is a Research Fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, where she leads the Analog Systems for Gravity Duals group and researches quantum gravity. We discuss ideas from her book, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray, such as the role of philosophical ideas of beauty, naturalness, and...

2023-04-0346 min $ericmckay4 \'s Listen Later$

ericmckay4 's Listen Later On Accelerating the Growth of Knowledge & Wealth - with Logan Chipkin Podcast: Scaling KnowledgeEpisode: On Accelerating the Growth of Knowledge & Wealth - with Logan ChipkinPub date: 2023-03-03Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationI had fun chatting with my friend Logan Chipkin about various topics and misconceptions related to the growth of knowledge and wealth including: Austrian Economics and Critical Rationalism Black Box View of Government Economic Creationism Time Imperialists Why Equality is undesirable Moralizing Anarcho Capitalism Austrian Economics Subscribe to Scaling Knowledge: https://scalingknowledge.substack.com Follow Logan on...

2023-04-031h 15 $ericmckay4 \'s Listen Later$

ericmckay4 's Listen Later Constructor Theory of Information with David Deutsch Podcast: Fallible Animals (LS 26 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Constructor Theory of Information with David DeutschPub date: 2021-01-19Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThis is my interview with David Deutsch, Visiting Professor of physics at the Centre for Quantum Computation, the Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford University and an Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. We discuss the constructor theory of information, some of its conjectured principles, the unification of classical and quantum information, and more. Constructor Theory of Information paper - https...

2023-04-0336 min $ericmckay4 \'s Listen Later$

ericmckay4 's Listen Later Fallible Animals Episode 6: Interview with Physicist Chiara Marletto Podcast: Fallible Animals (LS 26 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Fallible Animals Episode 6: Interview with Physicist Chiara MarlettoPub date: 2019-10-27Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationI interview Oxford physicist Chiara Marletto, who has been working on constructor theory for several years. She's published papers on its applications to various fields, including those of information, thermodynamics, life, and probability. We discuss the origins and motivations of constructor theory, problems the theory may solve, current research programs, the universal constructor, response to potential criticisms, why con...

2023-04-031h 05 $ericmckay4 \'s Listen Later$

ericmckay4 's Listen Later Fallible Animals Episode 9: Laws vs. Principles Podcast: Fallible Animals (LS 26 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Fallible Animals Episode 9: Laws vs. PrinciplesPub date: 2019-11-16Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWe discuss the difference between laws versus principles as elucidated by constructor theory, and why it matters. Constructor theory may be thought of as a 'theory of theories' whose principles constrain other theories. Just as these subsidiary, object-level theories constrain the behavior of physical phenomena, so too constructor theory, as a meta-level theory, constrains the behavior of object-level theories both kno...

2023-04-0324 min $ericmckay4 \'s Listen Later$

ericmckay4 's Listen Later The Universal Constructor with David Deutsch Podcast: Fallible Animals (LS 26 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: The Universal Constructor with David DeutschPub date: 2023-03-07Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationI speak with physicist David Deutsch about the universal constructor, a machine that can be programmed to cause any physically possible transformation. Note-this interview was recorded in early 2022. In the time since this interview was recorded, David has stated that disobedience is by far the primary reason that humans and human societies aren't universal constructors.

2023-04-0325 min

Fallible Animals The Universal Constructor with David DeutschI speak with physicist David Deutsch about the universal constructor, a machine that can be programmed to cause any physically possible transformation. Note-this interview was recorded in early 2022. In the time since this interview was recorded, David has stated that disobedience is by far the primary reason that humans and human societies aren't universal constructors. David Deutsch's website - https://www.daviddeutsch.org.uk/. Constructor theory website - https://www.constructortheory.org/. Logan Chipkin's website - www.loganchipkin.com/. David Deutsch Tw...

2023-03-0725 min

Scaling Knowledge On Accelerating the Growth of Knowledge & Wealth - with Logan ChipkinI had fun chatting with my friend Logan Chipkin about various topics and misconceptions related to the growth of knowledge and wealth including: Austrian Economics and Critical Rationalism Black Box View of Government Economic Creationism Time Imperialists Why Equality is undesirable Moralizing Anarcho Capitalism Austrian Economics Subscribe to Scaling Knowledge: https://scalingknowledge.substack.com Follow Logan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan Follow Moritz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MoritzW42

2023-03-031h 15

Kinsella On Liberty KOL401 | Sazmining Twitter Space: Bitcoin & Property RightsKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 401. I appeared on a Twitter Spaces discussion Jan. 12, 2023 for Sazmining, for the topic "Bitcoin & Property Rights," with Kent Halliburton and Logan Chipkin. A variety of questions were fielded. A synopsis and transcript are here, and re-pixeled below. Synopsis: Lawyer and libertarian theorist Stephan Kinsella joins Logan Chipkin and Kent Halliburton to discuss Bitcoin from a property rights perspective. If Bitcoin is not physical, how can anyone own it, if at all? Transcript: Kent Halliburton (00:06:31): Sure. Uh, thank you Logan, for the opportunity. You're gonna have to do a little intro for yourself as well. You...

2023-01-1700 min

FQxI Podcast FQxI August 20, 2022 Podcast EpisodeTesting Time: Quantum physicists Fabrizio Piacentini and Laura Knoll discuss their recent experiment testing the predictions of Constructor Theory, a new meta-framework of physics that may encompass all other theories. The new framework could solve the mystery of why time marches in only one direction, even though the microscopic laws of physics are reversible. With Logan Chipkin

2022-08-2000 min

FQxI Podcast Testing Time: Quantum physicists Fabrizio Piacentini and Laura Knoll discuss their recent experiment testing the predictions of Constructor Theory, a new meta-framework of physics that may encompass all other theories. The new framework could solve the...Testing Time: Quantum physicists Fabrizio Piacentini and Laura Knoll discuss their recent experiment testing the predictions of Constructor Theory, a new meta-framework of physics that may encompass all other theories. The new framework could solve the mystery of why time marches in only one direction, even though the microscopic laws of physics are reversible. With Logan Chipkin

2022-08-2034 min

Paranormal Blip Episode 7 - The shadow biosphereIntro: Follow and contact me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ParanormalBlip and on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paranormal_blip_podcast/ News: Congress calls for permanent UAP office - The Debrief: https://thedebrief.org/congress-calls-for-permanent-office-to-address-unidentified-aerial-phenomena/ *** Shadow biosphere: Lue Elizondo and Max Moszkowicz in San Marino; https://youtu.be/YVX6zJ3HiyQ Professor Lewis Dartnell interviewed by Logan Chipkin: https://youtu.be/mmIeLGT6eLY Robert Bigelow - "It's just like right under people's noses" and George Knapp asking Bigelow about it: https://youtu.be/3OLXj88FCZw Rupert Sheldrake - the conscious universe: https://youtu.be/XqWbIVlnmNM Rupert Sheldrake's webite: https://www.sheldrak...

2022-08-0844 min

FQxI Podcast FQxI June 9, 2022 Podcast EpisodeTime's Arrow: A conversation with Paul Davies about time's irreversible flow, black holes, memories of Stephen Hawking and the information paradox, Maxwell's demon and living systems -- and how to improve universities. With Logan Chipkin.

2022-06-0900 min

FQxI Podcast Time's Arrow: A conversation with Paul Davies about time's irreversible flow, black holes, memories of Stephen Hawking and the information paradox, Maxwell's demon and living systems -- and how to improve universities. With Logan Chipkin.Time's Arrow: A conversation with Paul Davies about time's irreversible flow, black holes, memories of Stephen Hawking and the information paradox, Maxwell's demon and living systems -- and how to improve universities. With Logan Chipkin.

2022-06-0900 min

FQxI Podcast Constructor Theory and Irreversibility: A conversation with Chiara Marletto and Vlatko Vedral on a novel unification between information theory and thermodynamics and their recent experiment that tested, and corroborated, the constructor theoretic notion...Constructor Theory and Irreversibility: A conversation with Chiara Marletto and Vlatko Vedral on a novel unification between information theory and thermodynamics and their recent experiment that tested, and corroborated, the constructor theoretic notion of irreversibility. With Logan Chipkin.

2022-04-2052 min

FQxI Podcast FQxI April 20, 2022 Podcast EpisodeConstructor Theory and Irreversibility: A conversation with Chiara Marletto and Vlatko Vedral on a novel unification between information theory and thermodynamics and their recent experiment that tested, and corroborated, the constructor theoretic notion of irreversibility. With Logan Chipkin.

2022-04-2000 min

Fallible Animals Constructor Theory of Information with David DeutschThis is my interview with David Deutsch, Visiting Professor of physics at the Centre for Quantum Computation, the Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford University and an Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. We discuss the constructor theory of information, some of its conjectured principles, the unification of classical and quantum information, and more. Constructor Theory of Information paper - https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1405/1405.5563.pdf --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/logan-chipkin/support

2021-01-1936 min

Fallible Animals Quantum Field Theory & Qubit Field Theory with Sam KuypersThis is my interview with Sam Kuypers, a DPhil student at Oxford University. We discuss the problems with quantum field theory, how qubit field theory seems to solve some of these problems, and how constructor theory might aid the development of qubit field theory. Qubit Field Theory - https://arxiv.org/pdf/quant-ph/0401024.pdf Constructor Theory of Information - https://arxiv.org/pdf/1405.5563.pdf --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/logan-chipkin/support

2020-10-0829 min

Fallible Animals Probing Hybrid Systems with Vlatko VedralThis is my interview with Vlatko Vedral, a professor of quantum information science at Oxford University. We discuss the difference between dynamical laws and principles in physics, the role that the principles of constructor theory play in discovering new dynamical laws, the constructor theory of information, his research (in collaboration with Chiara Marletto) into probing hybrid systems in which quantum mechanical objects interact with gravity, and more. Relevant publications: 1. Gravitationally-induced entanglement between two massive particles is sufficient evidence of quantum effects in gravity - https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.06036 2. Quantum effects i...

2020-09-2543 min

Fallible Animals Fermions, Principle of Locality, and Formalizing Constructor Theory with Nicetu Tibau VidalThis is my interview with Nicetu Tibau Vidal, a DPhil student at Oxford University. We discuss his research, which includes demonstrating that fermions conform to Einstein's principle of locality. We also discuss his ongoing research project of formalizing constructor theory. Video Version, Part One - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IKbA9AzPv0&t=16s Video Version, Part Two - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJiiteXFG7g&t=2s --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/logan-chipkin/support

2020-09-1540 min

Artificial Creativity 14 - The Leviathan Has No ClothesToday I have my first guest on the podcast. His name is Logan Chipkin. Logan is a freelance writer and ghostwriter in Philadelphia, and he is an expert on what is called anarcho-capitalism, also known as voluntarism. We talk about this concept, which he describes as the recognition that all services governments provide could be provided cheaper and better by the free market, and that the government is morally illegitimate. We also cover some of the work on coercion that can be found on the Taking Children Seriously homepage, and we explore some of the effects coercion has on society...

2020-06-2400 min

Kinsella On Liberty KOL280 | Fallible Animals Ep. 12: Property Rights, Argumentation Ethics, and Praxeology, with Logan ChipkinKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 280. This is my appearance on the Fallible Animals podcast, Episode 12: Property Rights, Argumentation Ethics, and Praxeology with Stephan Kinsella (Apple podcasts; Spotify version; Youtube version embedded below), with host Logan Chipkin. From Logan's shownotes: "Joining me today is patent attorney and libertarian theorist Stephan Kinsella. Mr. Kinsella is the author of the book, Against Intellectual Property, and is the founder and director of the Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom. He is also the founder and editor of Libertarians Papers, and he’s a member of the Editorial Board of Reason Papers. We cover a wi...

2019-12-182h 11

Fallible Animals Property Rights, Argumentation Ethics, and Praxeology with Stephan KinsellaJoining me today is patent attorney and libertarian theorist Stephan Kinsella. Mr. Kinsella is the author of the book, Against Intellectual Property, and is the founder and director of the Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom. He is also the founder and editor of Libertarians Papers, and he’s a member of the Editorial Board of Reason Papers. We cover a wide range of specific topics, from property rights, argumentation ethics, whether or not praxeology is falsifiable, common arguments against the existence or morality of anarcho-capitalism, and potential connections between praxeology, free will, and constructor theory. ...

2019-12-182h 11

Fallible Animals Fallible Animals Episode 11: A Life Worth Creating with Carlos De la GuardiaI speak with Carlos De la Guardia, an amateur AGI researcher and musician with a longtime interest in Popper and Deutsch. We discuss how one can apply the philosophy of critical rationalism, and some of David Deutsch’s ideas, to 'real life'. How should one act, given that problems are inevitable, and life is literally unpredictable? We also discuss how critical rationalism may help us to have more productive disagreements, effective altruism, and the universal constructor. Carlos' Twitter - https://twitter.com/dela3499 Twitter - https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan ...

2019-12-0956 min

Fallible Animals Fallible Animals Episode 10: Interview with Physicist Sabine HossenfelderI interview physicist and science writer Sabine Hossenfelder. She is a Research Fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, where she leads the Analog Systems for Gravity Duals group and researches quantum gravity. We discuss ideas from her book, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray, such as the role of philosophical ideas of beauty, naturalness, and elegance in fundamental physics and the sociological factors that affect scientific research. We also discuss often misunderstood ideas in fundamental physics, such as the difference between a Grand Unified Theory and a Theory of Everything, and the difference between time-invariance...

2019-11-2946 min

Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren #5 - The Big Three and a Case Against Government, with Logan ChipkinChristofer and political writer Logan Chipkin speak about 'The Big Three' and the philosophical case against government in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss Constructor Theory and its implications, Praxeology and Austrian economics, Economic Creationism, and other related topics.Logan Chipkin is a freelance writer from Philadelphia who's articles have been featured in online magazines such as Quillette, Areo and The Libertarian Institute to name a few. He hosts a podcast called Fallible Animals about our deepest theories across science and philosophy, as well as the history of ideas and can also be found...

2019-11-201h 40

Fallible Animals Fallible Animals Episode 9: Laws vs. PrinciplesWe discuss the difference between laws versus principles as elucidated by constructor theory, and why it matters. Constructor theory may be thought of as a 'theory of theories' whose principles constrain other theories. Just as these subsidiary, object-level theories constrain the behavior of physical phenomena, so too constructor theory, as a meta-level theory, constrains the behavior of object-level theories both known and unknown. Constructor theoretic principles can also constrain and solve problems with theories that explain inherently unpredictable phenomena, such as those of biology, economics, and epistemology. My patreon page - https://www.patreon...

2019-11-1624 min

Fallible Animals Fallible Animals Episode 8: Interview with Astrobiologist Lewis DartnellI interview award-winning astrobiologist and science writer Lewis Dartnell. We discuss themes from his most recent book, Origins: How The Earth Made Us, as well as ideas from his field of study, astrobiology. Dr. Dartnell holds the Professorship in Science Communication at the University of Westminster. Interview topics include: how the Earth's cycles may have driven human evolution, humanity's search for extraterrestrial life, the shadow biosphere, why some civilizations came to dominate the globe, and more. Dr. Dartnell's homepage - http://lewisdartnell.com/en-gb/ Dr. Dartnell's Twitter - https://twitter.com/lewis_dartnell

2019-11-1135 min

Fallible Animals Fallible Animals Episode 7: Interview with Science Writer Graham FarmeloI interview award-winning science writer Graham Farmelo. We discuss ideas in his latest book, The Universe Speaks in Numbers, including the relationship between math and physics, whether the laws of Nature are invented or discovered, the history of the relationship between the communities of mathematicians and physicists, current progress in physics, and much more. Shortened transcript of interview - https://areomagazine.com/2019/09/08/the-marriage-between-maths-and-reality-an-interview-with-graham-farmelo/ Dr. Farmelo's website - https://grahamfarmelo.com Dr. Farmelo's Twitter - https://twitter.com/grahamfarmelo Link to The Universe Speaks in Numbers - https://www.amazon.com/Universe-Speaks-Numbers-Reveals-Natures...

2019-11-0347 min

Fallible Animals Fallible Animals Episode 6: Interview with Physicist Chiara MarlettoI interview Oxford physicist Chiara Marletto, who has been working on constructor theory for several years. She's published papers on its applications to various fields, including those of information, thermodynamics, life, and probability. We discuss the origins and motivations of constructor theory, problems the theory may solve, current research programs, the universal constructor, response to potential criticisms, why constructor theory can explain more of Reality than the prevailing conception, and more. Constructor Theory Homepage - www.constructortheory.org Constructor Theory of Thermodynamics - http://constructortheory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Thd-ArXiv-2.pdf C...

2019-10-271h 05

Fallible Animals Fallible Animals Episode 5: What is a Constructor?We continue our exploration of constructor theory, our deepest theory in physics. We learn about the conceptual tools used in the theory, such as constructors, tasks, and substrates. We explain how constructor theory solves a few philosophical problems, such as whether or not causation is real, and what knowledge is in physical terms. We explain why constructor theory expresses knowledge as a fundamental quantity in Reality. Finally, we define a universal constructor and suggest that future research may prove the possibility of its creation. Foundational Paper on Constructor Theory (preprint) - https://arxiv.org...

2019-10-2116 min

Fallible Animals Fallible Animals Episode 4: Intro to Constructor TheoryWe motivate and introduce Constructor Theory, humanity's first Theory of Everything (or so I claim). We explain what the founder of Constructor Theory, David Deutsch, calls the prevailing conception, and why it is inadequate in capturing and explaining many phenomena in nature, such as evolution by natural selection, the growth of knowledge, and various principles that we hold to be true. We briefly discuss why Constructor Theory allows for a wider range of phenomena than does the prevailing conception. Foundational Paper on Constructor Theory (preprint) - https://arxiv.org/pdf/1210.7439.pdf Twitter...

2019-10-1516 min

Fallible Animals Fallible Animals Episode 3: Progress as Error-CorrectionIn this episode of Fallible Animals, we discuss how it is that sciences progresses, despite the fact that all science is conjectural. It turns out that progress entails reducing errors in our worldview. We define knowledge and review its growth over the course of history. Finally, we take as a case study our ever-improving understanding of our own Solar System, from Copernicus to Kepler to Newton. Transcript of Karl Popper's lecture/essay entitled 'Objective Knowledge' - https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/845d... Foundational Paper on Constructor Theory (preprint) - https://arxiv.org/pdf/1210.7439.pdf Twit...

2019-10-0822 min

Fallible Animals Fallible Animals Episode 2: Intro to Critical RationalismWe begin our discussion of the philosophy of knowledge called Critical Rationalism. We briefly review the intellectual climate in which it was created, and we discuss some of the core concepts, such as the conjectural nature of scientific theories, Popper's criterion of demarcation, and the role of criticism in science. Twitter - https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan Links to my articles - www.loganchipkin.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/logan-chipkin/support

2019-09-2816 min

Fallible Animals Fallible Animals Episode 1: IntroductionIntroduction episode to the Fallible Animals podcast. I very briefly describe the philosophy of critical rationalism, and I hint at the worldview that will be the foundation of the show. More on both in future episodes, as we continue to explore ideas in science, philosophy, economics, and morality, and their history. Twitter - https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan Links to my articles - www.loganchipkin.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/logan-chipkin/support

2019-09-2403 min