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For the Sake of Argument
By Jake NewfieldSociety & Culture
For the Sake of Argument episodes
- #21: Adam Frank: Exploring Life Beyond Earth
Adam Frank is a professor of Astrophysics at the University of Rochester, and a Scientific Writer.
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Donald Hoffman is a Professor of Cognitive Sciences at UC Irvine and a popular science author who authored "The Case Against Reality." Hoffman popularized the idea that consciousness causes brain activity and that consciousness "creates" the properties of the physical world.
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Professor Nicholas Christakis is the Sterling professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University. Professor Christakis is the author of Apollo's Arrow and was named in Time's 100 most influential people in the world in 2009.
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Ben Taylor is a leader in AI who was formerly the Chief AI Strategist at DataRobot and Chief Data Scientist at HireVue.
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Garrett Reisman is a Senior Advisor to SpaceX, a Professor of Astronautical Engineering at USC, and a former NASA astronaut.
34 min - #16: Professor Daniel Jafferis: Traveling through Wormholes, Free Will, Consciousness
Daniel Jafferis is a tenured Professor of Physics at Harvard University where he studies String Theory. Daniel matriculated at Yale University at the age of 14, and begun his PhD at age 18, finishing when he was 23-years old. Jafferis's research has focused on string theory and supersymmetric quantum field theory. He is one of the discoverers of the low energy three dimensional superconformal Chern-Simons-matter theory.
1 hr 10 min - #15: Michael Shermer: Establishing a Rational Basis for Morality, and Enlightened Humanism
Michael Shermer is the editor-in-chief of the magazine Skeptic, an American science writer, a historian of science, and the founder of The Skeptics Society.
1 hr 2 min - #14: Dr. Dominic D'agostino: Using the Ketogenic diet for Optimal Performance and Weight Maintenance
Dr. Dominic D'agostino is a Professor in Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at USF. Dr D'agostino is an industry leader in the ketogenic diet and ketogenic nutrition.
1 hr 5 min - #13: Lawrence Krauss: Truth, Morality, and Religion
Lawrence Krauss is a world-renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist, bestselling author, and President of The Origins Project Foundation.
41 min - #12: Zach Bitter: World Records, Performance Optimization
Zach Bitter is the former world record holder for the 100-mile run and the 12-hour run. Zach ran 100 miles in 11 hours and 19 minutes, which is an average of 6:48 per mile.
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Interviews and Debates with leaders in Philosophy, Politics, and Science