Wow. How apropos to talk about consumer-resource systems the week of the Thanksgiving holiday in Amuricuh. Nailed it! In this Snippet from E16: Episodic Synchrony, an anxious Ryan is kindly directed by Harland as he lays out his idea of—what now?—Episodic Synchrony. And Ryan gives thanks. Get it!?
“I suppose most scientists—most authors—have one piece of work of which they would say: It doesn’t matter if you never read anything else of mine, please at least read this.” Richard Dawkins wrote that in a note to a 1989 paperback edition of his book The Extended Phenotype. Ryan appeals Read more…
A “philosopher” attempts to define “science”, a “scientist” attempts to define “philosophy”. What is a “thought experiment” anyway? Einstein rides in on his space elevator as the Dawds take spins on the gedanken-spiel.
There may not be philosophy-free science, but there *is* radical-free philosophy. Harland tries it out for as long as he can in this episode on the possible differences between science and philosophy. Buckle your chin straps, Truth Seekers! 00:04:50 – Science? Philosophy?/Thought experiments/Provisionalism vs Definitionalism 00:42:48 – Modes of Indeference/Progress Read more…
Nietzsche’s got a will to power. Kids got a will to Disney. We got a will to podcast. Bamboo’s got a will to be the plant version of a jerk. In this Snippet from E14: Nietzsche’s Rich Pageant the Dawds discuss what in the H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks is going on with this Read more…
The second of Humanity 2018’s three favorite things gets the bullet too in this Snippet from E14: Nietzsche’s Rich Pageant. Truth. In Fred Niche’s view all it amounts to is inertia. Tune in after you vote, America! For the rest of the world…hi…wassup?…
If we’re lucky, we’re able to add a little sumptin’-sumptin’ to the end of the line. Maybe it’s a good twist or we bring more than a few threads together. But every once in a while someone comes along and braids so far ahead they leave us all behind. Perhaps Read more…
Is it “To live is to pollute” or “Occupy Milky Way”? In this Snippet from E13: Footnotes to Fermi, the Dawdlers explore a new–at least they think it’s new–idea! And it happened right in the moment! Holy Cow! Are we to fill a niche in the galaxy or will it Read more…
It’s not that you were picked last to play on one team or another during recess. You didn’t get picked at all. Ever get that feeling that you’re invisible to everyone? But what if it wasn’t just that you were invisible to others, but they were invisible to you as Read more…
So, this guy Enrico trolled humanity once and it’s left us reeling ever since. This week the Dawdlers discuss the implications of this troll and explore a few threads on why we don’t get no satisfaction from our attempts to catch signals emitted by extraterrestrial intelligences. A hope and a Read more…