Back to the Stone Age
Back to the Stone Age is the idea that to achieve a fulfilling life one shall strive to become the best version of oneself through daily discipline and commitment to personal development and goals. A focal point is the disconnection from distractions/addictions to focus on the interior of oneself, the unique location where the ultimate truth of everyone resides. By undertaking this introspective journey one is then able to find purpose in life and have objectives to place full dedication to. What I'm speaking about is my journey, through consciousness and science. I hope you will find it inspiring.
Andrea Caputo: The Standard Model of Particle Physics and Current Limitations #7
Andrea is a theoretical physicist and he works on Dark Matter and Particle Physics.
He was awarded the ERC (European Research Council) Starting Grant.
Andrea on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-caputo-ph-d-2475999b/?locale=en_US
Seeing my interviews from one year ago is a bit cringe, but I'm working on it 😜 Hope you like it anyway!
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Do you like philosophising? Then this conversation is for YOU! 🫵🏻
Brad Wray (https://shorturl.at/gY9Oh) is Associate Professor at Aarhus University, and together we tackle deep philosophical questions.
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00:35 - Philosophy of Science
01:17 - Definition of knowledge
01:52 - How do scientific discoveries shape our understanding of reality?
02:26 - Metaphysics
09:56 - God in Philosophy
1...
Daniel Ruberman: Mathematics, Topology and Manifolds #5
Here is a conversation I've had with Daniel Ruberman, Professor of Mathematics.
Daniel's website: https://people.brandeis.edu/~ruberman/
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00:16 - Is math invented or discovered?
05:30 - Mathematics and the physical world
28:02 - Topology
38:00 - Manifolds and smooth manifolds
<...Gimmy Tomaselli: Physics, Mathematics, The Universe and Fundamental Thoughts #4
Some fundamental questions today with Gimmy, PhD student at GRAPPA doing research in black holes, gravitational-wave astronomy, and dark matter.
Gimmy is soon going to the Institute of Advanced Study of Princeton for a postdoc!
Gimmy's website: https://gimmytomas.github.io/index.html
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00:32...
Joel David Hamkins: Philosophy of Set Theory, Mathematics and Infinity #3
Journey to the edge of reason with Professor Hamkins!
Joel is a Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics at the University of Notre Dame. His research work spans Mathematical Logic and Set Theory.
You can find him here:
Personal website: https://jdh.hamkins.orgTwitter: https://twitter.com/JDHamkinsGoogle Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MHLQDYQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=aoBack to the Stone Age is on:
YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZrhMJ5eusE_ACw6Ec3TqCbvDVZ6HP809&si=EHUZow_K4nlcWw8MSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3pT8MUeR8...Consciousness, Feelings and Human Life | Conversations with Friends: Greta #2
Conversations with Friends: Greta Galluzzo.
Greta is a Psychology master's student and she's on Erasmus here in Amsterdam.
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00:32 - Consciousness
06:32 - Animal consciousness and death
11:22 - Intelligence and language
17:18 - Empathy
20:01 - Awareness
22:35 - Mathematics
32:40...
Geetanjali Sethi: Dark Energy Models and Cosmology #2
Geetanjali is Associate Professor at St. Stephen’s College. She has a PhD in Cosmology from Delhi University. She's working on the Variable Chaplygin Gas model of dark energy.
Reach out to her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geetanjali-sethi-a7b201aa/?originalSubdomain=in
Find her research work on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EK8KFB0AAAAJ
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Addictions, Dopamine, Boredom, "God" and Godliness | Conversations with Friends: Florens #1
Conversations with Friends: Florens van der Moezel
https://www.linkedin.com/in/florens-van-der-moezel-a657a0276/
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Outline:
00:00 - Introduction
01:10 - Alcohol
04:39 - Mental state under addiction
07:10...
Nick Van Remortel: CMBR, Standard Model, Gravitational Waves #1
Nick Van Remortel is a professor of physics at the University of Antwerp, find him on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-van-remortel-83a16373/
Outline:
00:00 - Introduction
00:36 - Cosmic microwave background radiation
25:10 - Size of the universe and infinity
30:20 - Expansion of the universe
40:45 - The standard model
01:02:30 - Greater purpose of fine-tuning and randomness
01:11:39 - Gravitational waves
01:18:10 - Principle of detection of gravitational waves
01:29:47 - Experimental effort of detection
01:32:29 - Information from gravitational waves<...