The Reading Room has been updated with a small archive of scholarly papers discussing the philosophical implications of time travel.
Professor Alex Filippenko of US Berkeley discusses dark energy, the mysterious explanation for the expansion (and acceleration) of the universe.
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Transmundane Radio returns from our break with three stunning articles about the edges of modern quantum information theory (entanglement, teleportation, and time travel), and ending with Ian Woolf’s interview of Dr. Samuel Braunstein who provides a better explanation of these phenomena.
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A special 99th episode video podcast featuring the “world of tomorrow” as envisioned by General Motors for the “Futurama” exhibit at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York.
Professor Axel Honneth discusses the Freudian principles of free will, and how one who is under the influence of subconscious influences can be emancipated from their control.
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A two part transmission beginning with a discussion of the connection between consciousness and Quantum Physics with F.E. Yates, and ending in an interview with Doctor Elliot S. Dacher focusing on consciousness and the human body.
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Shelly Kagan, Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, discusses the Platonic principles behind, tangible evidence of, and empirical arguments for the existence of the soul. Part 4 of 4.
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Shelly Kagan, Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, discusses the Platonic principles behind, tangible evidence of, and empirical arguments for the existence of the soul. Part 3 of 4.
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Shelly Kagan, Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, discusses the Platonic principles behind, tangible evidence of, and empirical arguments for the existence of the soul. Part 2 of 4.
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Shelly Kagan, Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, discusses the Platonic principles behind, tangible evidence of, and empirical arguments for the existence of the soul. Part 1 of 4.
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