Into the Impossible With Brian Keating
Big Bang Productions Inc.
A podcast about how we understand the world, scientifically and as humans. Each conversation brings together visionaries from the worlds of arts, sciences, humanities, and technology discussing the nature of reality and how we collaborate to create the future. Hosted by Dr Brian Keating, Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Physics at UC San Diego. For show notes go to: https://briankeating.com/podcast
Categories: Science & Medicine
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Join my mailing list https://briankeating.com/list to win a real 4 billion year old meteorite! All .edu emails in the USA 🇺🇸 will WIN! Welcome everyone to a fascinating deep dive with the late Daniel Dennett! In our interview, we tackled fascinating problems like free will, human consciousness, ethics, and the philosophy of science. He also explained why he’s sounding the alarm on AI! Shortly after our interview, Daniel sadly passed away at the age of 82. He was a renowned philosopher, thought-provoking writer, brilliant cognitive scientist, and vocal atheist. He was the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies, the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University in Massachusetts, a member of the editorial board for The Rutherford Journal, and a co-founder of The Clergy Project. Known as one of the "Four Horsemen" of New Atheism, he was at the forefront of discussions on consciousness, free will, and the impact of Darwinian evolution on religious belief. Dennett's works, including "Breaking the Spell" and "Consciousness Explained," have provoked both admiration and controversy, challenging readers to reconsider deeply held beliefs about the mind and its relationship to the physical world. Needless to say, I was thrilled to have Dan on the show! The world has truly lost an extraordinary soul and a groundbreaking thinker. RIP Key Takeaways: 00:00:00 Intro 00:09:27 Judging a book by its cover 00:12:29 Dan's critique of Sam Harris's position on free will 00:21:43 The evolutionary advantage of music 00:29:01 Language, nonverbal communication, and artificial intelligence 00:34:33 Are brains computers? 00:46:04 Sounding the alarm on AI 00:51:38 Bioengineering and bioethics 00:57:21 Philosophy of physics 01:02:47 The evolution of academia 01:09:08 Audience questions 01:23:10 Outro — Additional resources: 📝 Get one month of Snipd Premium for free with this link: https://get.snipd.com/Cx7S/brianSnipd Snipd lets you take Smart Notes 🧠 with AI 💡 — it’s my favorite podcast player 😀 ! ➡️ Follow me on your fav platforms: ✖️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating 🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Join my mailing list: https://briankeating.com/list ✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/cosmic-musings/ 🎙️ Follow my podcast: https://briankeating.com/podcast Into the Impossible with Brian Keating is a podcast dedicated to all those who want to explore the universe within and beyond the known. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Previous episodes
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416 - Daniel Dennett: Do We Have Free Will? Sun, 21 Apr 2024
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415 - Does Time Really Exist and How Can We Measure It w/ Chad Orzel (#406) Sun, 14 Apr 2024
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414 - The Science and Wonder of Solar Eclipses: 4/8/24 (#405) Mon, 08 Apr 2024
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413 - How Our Moon Shaped the Course of Human History and Humankind w/ Rebecca Boyle (#404) Sun, 07 Apr 2024
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412 - Chris Hayward: Lerner and Gupta Are WRONG About the Big Bang (#403) Sun, 31 Mar 2024
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411 - Why ChatGPT Can’t Tell Compelling Stories (Yet) w/ John Vervaeke and Shawn Coyne (#402) Sun, 24 Mar 2024
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410 - Sam Harris: God Did NOT Write the Bible! (#401) Sun, 17 Mar 2024
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409 - Why Are People Protesting Against a Telescope? | Robert Kirshner (#400) Sun, 10 Mar 2024
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408 - Cal Newport: Want to Be More Productive? Do LESS (#399) Tue, 05 Mar 2024
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407 - My conversation with Elon Musk: Cosmology, AI, and Dying on Mars (#398) Mon, 04 Mar 2024
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406 - Bringing Astrophysics to Life Through Art with Kip Thorne and Lia Halloran (#397) Sun, 25 Feb 2024
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405 - What Is Dark Matter Really Made Of? (#396) Fri, 23 Feb 2024
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404 - Why There’s No Such Thing as Free Will w/ Robert Sapolsky (#395) Sun, 18 Feb 2024
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403 - Should We BELIEVE In Science? DemystifySci & Brian Keating (#394) Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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402 - Michael Saylor: The Thermodynamics of Bitcoin EXPLAINED (2021) (#393) Fri, 09 Feb 2024
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401 - Discover the Joy of Science w/ Jim Al-Khalili (#392) Tue, 06 Feb 2024
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400 - New COLD WAR Over Computer Chips? w/ Chris Miller (#391) Fri, 02 Feb 2024
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399 - 🎉 Celebrating 200K Subscribers: Q&A with Brian Keating 🥳 (#390) Mon, 29 Jan 2024
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398 - Mo Gawdat: “Life is a Video Game!” | The Shocking Case for Intelligent Design (#389) Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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397 - Did Stephen Wolfram Finally Prove the Second Law of Thermodynamics? (#388) Fri, 19 Jan 2024
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396 - Did the Big Bang Happen More Than Once? Brian Keating, Paul Davies & Maulik Parikh (#387) Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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395 - Are We On Borrowed Time? Canadian Prepper & Brian Keating (#386) Fri, 12 Jan 2024
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394 - Engineering Synthetic Life With Craig Venter (#385) Thu, 11 Jan 2024
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393 - Philip Goff: Is There Cosmic Purpose Without God? (#384) Fri, 05 Jan 2024
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392 - Max Tegmark & Eric Weinstein: AI, Aliens, Theories of Everything, & New Year’s Resolutions! (2020) (#383) Thu, 04 Jan 2024
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391 - Q&A with John Mather on the James Webb Space Telescope (#382) Sat, 30 Dec 2023
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390 - Searching for ALIENS with Sarah Rugheimer (#381) Tue, 26 Dec 2023
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389 - Nobel Laureate Donna Strickland: Experimental Physics Is Fun! (#380) Sun, 24 Dec 2023
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388 - How Will AI Change Science? | Brian Keating & Cassandra Vieten (#379) Tue, 19 Dec 2023
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387 - Gad Saad: How to Stay Resilient and Happy After the October 7 Massacre (#378) Fri, 15 Dec 2023
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386 - Avi Loeb Strikes Back! (#377) Wed, 13 Dec 2023
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385 - Peter Diamandis: Are We Moving Too Fast With AI?! (#376) Mon, 11 Dec 2023
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384 - What Happened AFTER the Big Bang? Bruce Partridge (#375) Fri, 08 Dec 2023
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383 - Exploring Curiosity With Nobel Prize Winner Barry Barish (#374) Tue, 05 Dec 2023
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382 - David Brin: Privacy, AI and the Values of a Transparent Society (#373) Sat, 02 Dec 2023
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381 - Canadian Prepper & Brian Keating: Will Humans Soon Go EXTINCT? (#372) Wed, 29 Nov 2023
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380 - Lawrence Krauss: The Mysterious Origins of Dark Energy (#371) Sun, 26 Nov 2023
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379 - David Chalmers: The Matrix is REAL! (#370) Thu, 23 Nov 2023
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378 - Brian Greene: Does the Multiverse Actually Exist? (#369) Mon, 20 Nov 2023
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377 - Cumrun Vafa: Is String Theory Actually Science? (#368) Fri, 17 Nov 2023
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376 - Michael Turner Explains the Origins and Mysteries of Dark Energy (#367) Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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375 - Martin Rees Predicts the Future of Humanity and Science! (#366) Sat, 11 Nov 2023
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374 - EXCLUSIVE: Katherine Freese Has Evidence of Dark Stars! (#365) Wed, 08 Nov 2023
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373 - Leonard Susskind: What REALLY Happens Inside a Black Hole? (#364) Sun, 05 Nov 2023
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372 - Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying: The Modern World Is Out Of Sync With Humans! (#363) Thu, 02 Nov 2023
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371 - Category Theory: Exploring Mathematics’ Deepest Truths With Eugenia Cheng (#362) Mon, 30 Oct 2023
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370 - Michio Kaku: String Theory Is The GOD Equation! (#361) Fri, 27 Oct 2023
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369 - Patrick Bet-David shares his next 5 moves in the event of an economic downturn (#360) Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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368 - Nobel Laureate Finds Key Insights About Complex Systems in Bird Flight | Giorgio Parisi (#359) Sun, 22 Oct 2023
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367 - “Going To Mars Is An Escapist FANTASY!” | Brian Keating On Triggernometry (#358) Wed, 18 Oct 2023