Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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AMA | February 2025

AMA | February 2025

Feb 03, 2025

Welcome to the February 2025 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Pa...

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James P. Allison on Fighting Cancer with the Immune System

James P. Allison on Fighting Cancer with the Immune System

Jan 27, 2025

A typical human lifespan is approximately three billion heartbeats in duration. Lasting that long requires not only intrinsic stability, but an impressive capacity for self-repair. Nevertheless, thing...

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Chris Kempes on the Biophysics of Evolution

Chris Kempes on the Biophysics of Evolution

Jan 20, 2025

Randomness plays an important role in the evolution of life (as my evil twin will tell you). But random doesn't mean arbitrary. Biological organisms are physical objects, after all, and subject to the...

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Tina Eliassi-Rad on Al, Networks, and Epistemic Instability

Tina Eliassi-Rad on Al, Networks, and Epistemic Instability

Jan 13, 2025

Big data is ruling, or at least deeply infiltrating, all of modern existence. Unprecedented capacity for collecting and analyzing large amounts of data have given us a new generation of artificial int...

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Solo: Does Time Exist?

Solo: Does Time Exist?

Jan 06, 2025

A new year, and a new centennial -- 300 (regularly-numbered) episodes of Mindscape! Our tradition is to have a solo episode, and what better topic than the nature of time? Physicists and philosophers ...

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Holiday Message | Hits and Misses

Holiday Message | Hits and Misses

Dec 23, 2024

It's the end of the year, and time for our annual holiday break here at Mindscape. But as usual, we wrap up with a Holiday Message. This year, inspired by Joni Mitchell's "Hits" and "Misses" albums, I...

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Michael Wong on Information, Function, and the Origin of Life

Michael Wong on Information, Function, and the Origin of Life

Dec 16, 2024

Living organisms seem exquisitely organized and complex, with features clearly adapted to serving certain functions needed to survive and procreate. Natural selection provides a compelling explanation...

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Jeff Lichtman on the Wiring Diagram of the Brain

Jeff Lichtman on the Wiring Diagram of the Brain

Dec 09, 2024

The number of neurons in the human brain is comparable to the number of stars in the Milky Way galaxy. Unlike the stars, however, in the case of neurons the real action is in how they are directly con...

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AMA | December 2024

AMA | December 2024

Dec 02, 2024

Welcome to the December 2024 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Pa...

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Emily Wilson on Homer, Poetry, and Translation

Emily Wilson on Homer, Poetry, and Translation

Nov 25, 2024

Not too long ago, Brad Pitt and Eric Bana starred in a (loose) adaptation of Homer's epic poem The Iliad; next month, Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche will headline a film based on The Odyssey. Give...

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