Fallible Animals

Audio version of my essay, Money: Where Economics and Memetics Meet. Original Substack post: https://logan893.substack.com/p/money-where-economics-and-memetics Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan Substack: https://substack.com/@logan893 Airchat: http://getairchat.com/s/ofI8mZXH Novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CD52TMHT/ Website: www.loganchipkin.com

Audio version of my Substack post, Constructor Theory: Basics, Theory, & Experiment

Substack post: https://logan893.substack.com/p/constructor-theory-basics-theory

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan

Substack: https://substack.com/@logan893

Airchat: http://getairchat.com/s/ofI8mZXH

Novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CD52TMHT/

Website: www.loganchipkin.com

Audio version of my Substack post, The Anarchist at the Wedding: https://logan893.substack.com/p/the-anarchist-at-the-wedding

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan

Substack: https://substack.com/@logan893

Airchat: http://getairchat.com/s/ofI8mZXH

Novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CD52TMHT/

Website: www.loganchipkin.com

Audio version of my Substack essay, Thermodynamics: Born of War.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan

Substack: https://substack.com/@logan893

Airchat: http://getairchat.com/s/ofI8mZXH

Novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CD52TMHT/

Website: www.loganchipkin.com

Audio version of my recent Substack essay, Economics: A Universal Acid.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan

Substack: https://substack.com/@logan893

Airchat: http://getairchat.com/s/ofI8mZXH

Novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CD52TMHT/

Website: www.loganchipkin.com

I speak with physicist David Deutsch about the universal constructor, a machine that can be programmed to cause any physically possible transformation.  

Note-this interview was recorded in early 2022.

In the time since this interview was recorded, David has stated that disobedience is by far the primary reason that humans and human societies aren't universal constructors. 

David Deutsch's website - https://www.daviddeutsch.org.uk/.

Constructor theory website - https://www.constructortheory.org/.

Logan Chipkin's website - www.loganchipkin.com/.

David Deutsch Twitter - https://twitter.com/DavidDeutschOxf.

Logan Chipkin Twitter - https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan.

This is my interview with David Deutsch, Visiting Professor of physics at the Centre for Quantum Computation, the Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford University and an Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. We discuss the constructor theory of information, some of its conjectured principles, the unification of classical and quantum information, and more.   

Constructor Theory of Information paper - https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1405/1405.5563.pdf

This is my interview with Sam Kuypers, a DPhil student at Oxford University. We discuss the problems with quantum field theory, how qubit field theory seems to solve some of these problems, and how constructor theory might aid the development of qubit field theory.

Qubit Field Theory - https://arxiv.org/pdf/quant-ph/0401024.pdf

Constructor Theory of Information - https://arxiv.org/pdf/1405.5563.pdf

This is my interview with Vlatko Vedral, a professor of quantum information science at Oxford University. We discuss the difference between dynamical laws and principles in physics, the role that the principles of constructor theory play in discovering new dynamical laws, the constructor theory of information,  his research (in collaboration with Chiara Marletto) into probing hybrid systems in which quantum mechanical objects interact with gravity, and more.

Relevant publications:

1. Gravitationally-induced entanglement between two massive particles is sufficient evidence of quantum effects in gravity - https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.06036

2. Quantum effects in the gravitational field - https://www.nature.com/articles/549031a

This is my interview with Nicetu Tibau Vidal, a DPhil student at Oxford University. We discuss his research, which includes demonstrating that fermions conform to Einstein's principle of locality. We also discuss his ongoing research project of formalizing constructor theory.

Video Version, Part One - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IKbA9AzPv0&t=16s

Video Version, Part Two - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJiiteXFG7g&t=2s

Joining me today is patent attorney and libertarian theorist Stephan Kinsella. Mr. Kinsella is the author of the book, Against Intellectual Property, and is the founder and director of the Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom. He is also the founder and editor of Libertarians Papers, and he’s a member of the Editorial Board of Reason Papers.  

We cover a wide range of specific topics, from property rights, argumentation ethics, whether or not praxeology is falsifiable, common arguments against the existence or morality of anarcho-capitalism, and potential connections between praxeology, free will, and constructor theory.

Stephan Kinsella's website - http://www.stephankinsella.com

Stephan Kinsella's Twitter - https://twitter.com/NSKinsella

Mises: Keep It Interesting - https://mises.org/wire/mises-keep-it-interesting

A Libertarian Theory of Contract: Title Transfer, Binding Promises, Inalienability - https://mises.org/library/libertarian-theory-contract-title-transfer-binding-promises-inalienability-0

How We Come to Own Ourselves - https://mises.org/library/how-we-come-own-ourselves

Against Intellectual Property - https://mises.org/library/against-intellectual-property-0

Twitter - https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan

Website - www.loganchipkin.com

Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/Fallibleanimals

I speak with Carlos De la Guardia, an amateur AGI researcher and musician  with a longtime interest in Popper and Deutsch. We discuss how one can apply the philosophy of critical rationalism, and some of David Deutsch’s ideas, to 'real life'. How should one act, given that problems are inevitable, and life is literally unpredictable? We also discuss how critical rationalism may help us to have more productive disagreements, effective altruism, and the universal constructor.

Carlos' Twitter - https://twitter.com/dela3499

Twitter - https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan

Website - www.loganchipkin.com

Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/Fallibleanimals

Some books mentioned: 

Zero to One, by Peter Thiel - https://www.amazon.com/Zero-One-Notes-Startups-Future/dp/0804139296

The Logic of Scientific Discovery, by Karl Popper - https://www.amazon.com/Logic-Scientific-Discovery-Routledge-Classics/dp/0415278449

The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World, by Jenny Uglow - https://www.amazon.com/Lunar-Men-Friends-Curiosity-Changed/dp/0374528888

I interview physicist and science writer Sabine Hossenfelder. She is a Research Fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, where she leads the Analog Systems for Gravity Duals group and researches quantum gravity. We discuss ideas from her book, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray, such as the role of philosophical ideas of beauty, naturalness, and elegance in fundamental physics and the sociological factors that affect scientific research. We also discuss often misunderstood ideas in fundamental physics, such as the difference between a Grand Unified Theory and a Theory of Everything, and the difference between time-invariance and time reversibility. 

Dr. Hossenfelder's Twitter - @skdh

Dr. Hossenfelder's book, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray - https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Math-Beauty-Physics-Astray-ebook/dp/B0763L6YR7

Dr. Hossenfelder's website - http://sabinehossenfelder.com

Dr. Hossendelder's blog - http://backreaction.blogspot.com

My appearance on Christofer Lovgren's podcast, Do Explain - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5-big-three-case-against-government-logan-chipkin/id1482313214?i=1000457352171

My recent article with Areo Magazine, People and the Cosmos: Constructor Theory - https://areomagazine.com/2019/11/25/people-and-the-cosmos-constructor-theory/

Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/Fallibleanimals

Twitter - https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan

Articles - www.loganchipkin.com

I interview award-winning astrobiologist and science writer Lewis Dartnell. We discuss themes from his most recent book, Origins: How The Earth Made Us, as well as ideas from his field of study, astrobiology. Dr. Dartnell holds the Professorship in Science Communication at the University of Westminster. Interview topics include: how the Earth's cycles may have driven human evolution, humanity's search for extraterrestrial life, the shadow biosphere, why some civilizations came to dominate the globe, and more.

Dr. Dartnell's homepage - http://lewisdartnell.com/en-gb/

Dr. Dartnell's Twitter - https://twitter.com/lewis_dartnell

Twitter - https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan

Articles - www.loganchipkin.com

We begin our discussion of the philosophy of knowledge called Critical Rationalism. We briefly review the intellectual climate in which it was created, and we discuss some of the core concepts, such as the conjectural nature of scientific theories, Popper's criterion of demarcation, and the role of criticism in science.

Twitter - https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan

Links to my articles - www.loganchipkin.com

Introduction episode to the Fallible Animals podcast. I very briefly describe the philosophy of critical rationalism, and I hint at the worldview that will be the foundation of the show. More on both in future episodes, as we continue to explore ideas in science, philosophy, economics, and morality, and their history.

Twitter - https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan

Links to my articles - www.loganchipkin.com