ManifoldOne

By Steve HsuScience Life Sciences Natural Sciences

ManifoldOne episodes

February 27, 2020 Adam Dynes on Noisy Retrospection: The Effect of Party Control on Policy Outcomes – #35
Steve and Corey talk to Adam Dynes of Brigham Young University about whether voting has an effect on policy outcomes.
1 hr 3 min
February 20, 2020 Yang Wang on Science and Technology in China, Hong Kong Protests, and Coronavirus – #34
Yang Wang is Dean of Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
1 hr 21 min
February 13, 2020Elizabeth Kolbert on Climate Change: Impacts and Mitigation Technologies – #33
Steve and Corey talk to Elizabeth Kolbert, author of the Sixth Extinction, about the current state of the climate debate. All three are pessimistic about the possibility that emissions will be substantively reduced in the near term, and they discuss technologies for removing carbon from the atmosphere. They explore uncertainty in the models regarding temperatures rise and precipitation, and contemplate a billion people are on the move in response to climate change and population increase. They ask: what is more of a threat to humanity in the coming century, runaway AI or runaway climate change?
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Transcript
Elizabeth Kolbert (The New Yorker)
Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
New York City Sea Wall
Miami Mitigation
Jobs and AI
Carbon Capture
1 hr 4 min
February 06, 2020 Meghan Daum on the New Culture Wars – #32
Corey and Steve talk to Meghan Daum about her new book “The Problem With Everything: My Journey Through The New Culture Wars”.
1 hr 15 min
January 30, 2020 Steven Broglio on Concussions, Football and Informed Choice – #31
Steve and Corey talk with Steven Broglio, Director of the Michigan Concussion Center, about concussion risk, prevention and treatment.
1 hr 1 min
January 22, 2020 Barbara O’Brien on Race, Reform and Wrongful Conviction Rate Estimates- #30
Our guest, Barbara O’Brien, explains why we don’t know much about conviction error outside of murder cases, making error rates for the vast majority of crimes: misdemeanors, sexual assaults, armed robbery, etc. a “dark ocean”.
1 hr 8 min
January 16, 2020 Sebastian Junger: Meaning from War and Technological Isolation in America – #29
This conversation occurred just after President Trump withdrew US forces from Northern Syria.
45 min
January 09, 2020 Zach Hambrick on Psychometrics and the Science of Expertise – #28
MSU Psychology Professor Zach Hambrick joins Corey and Steve to discuss general cognitive ability, the science of personnel selection, and research on the development of skills and expertise.
1 hr 9 min
January 07, 2020 [BONUS] – Left and Right at MSU – #27.5
Steve and Corey talk about political polarization and bias on campus with student editors of MSU’s dueling political blogs. The left-leaning students argue that the media has blown controversies over student politics out of proportion, while the conservative writers maintain the they do not feel comfortable expressing their views in many classes. Corey asks how beneficial is it to be white in America? Is the University as bastion of open debate no longer viable, especially in the current economic environment?
46 min
January 02, 2020 Andrew Hartman: The Culture Wars Then and Now – #27
Steve and Corey talk to Andrew about his new introduction to his book “The War for the Soul of America.”
1 hr 22 min

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Steve Hsu is a Professor of Theoretical Physics and Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Join him for wide-ranging conversations with leading writers,…