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  • This Episode Was Randomly Selected From The Set Of All Possible Episodes

    This Episode Was Randomly Selected From The Set Of All Possible Episodes
    Jan 3 2026

    This episode looks at probability theory, statistics, epistemology, and thought experiments involving the Self Sampling Assumption.
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    33 Min.
  • This Episode Halts

    This Episode Halts
    Sep 19 2025

    In this episode we discuss paradigms for naming very large numbers, and how this connects to the power of algorithms, programming languages, and the machines they run on.
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    37 Min.
  • This Episode’s Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny

    This Episode’s Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny
    Jul 8 2025

    In this episode we discuss metaness in the realm of physics.
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    35 Min.
  • This Episode’s Title Exists Somewhere In the Digits of Pi

    This Episode’s Title Exists Somewhere In the Digits of Pi
    Apr 14 2025

    This episode discusses The Book of Tao, minimal descriptions of strings, as well as Kolmogorov Complexity.
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    31 Min.
  • This Episode Cannot Prove Its Own Consistency

    This Episode Cannot Prove Its Own Consistency
    Jun 2 2024

    This episode discusses the work of Alan Turing and Kurt Gödel, drawing parallels between the Halting Problem and the Incompleteness Theorems. We also review a fun book of puzzles!
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    36 Min.
  • This Episode’s Title Has Thirty Eight Letters

    This Episode’s Title Has Thirty Eight Letters
    Jan 29 2024

    In this episode we discuss the metaness of maps, and Schelling Points.
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    31 Min.
  • This Episode Contains The Seeds Of Its Own Creation

    This Episode Contains The Seeds Of Its Own Creation
    May 22 2023

    In this episode we discuss Von Neumann probes, and also review Lewis Dartnell's "The Knowledge..." as well as “We Are Legion (We Are Bob)” by Dennis E. Taylor.
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    33 Min.
  • This Episode Is Coming From Inside Your Headphones

    This Episode Is Coming From Inside Your Headphones
    Mar 13 2023

    In this episode we will discuss JOOTsing - Jumping Out Of The System, in the context of software systems and security exploits.
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    39 Min.