Episodes

  • This Episode’s Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny

    This Episode’s Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny
    Jul 8 2025

    In this episode we discuss metaness in the realm of physics.
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    35 mins
  • This Episode’s Title Exists Somewhere In the Digits of Pi

    This Episode’s Title Exists Somewhere In the Digits of Pi
    Apr 14 2025

    This episode discusses The Book of Tao, minimal descriptions of strings, as well as Kolmogorov Complexity.
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    31 mins
  • This Episode Cannot Prove Its Own Consistency

    This Episode Cannot Prove Its Own Consistency
    Jun 2 2024

    This episode discusses the work of Alan Turing and Kurt Gödel, drawing parallels between the Halting Problem and the Incompleteness Theorems. We also review a fun book of puzzles!
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    36 mins
  • This Episode’s Title Has Thirty Eight Letters

    This Episode’s Title Has Thirty Eight Letters
    Jan 29 2024

    In this episode we discuss the metaness of maps, and Schelling Points.
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    31 mins
  • This Episode Contains The Seeds Of Its Own Creation

    This Episode Contains The Seeds Of Its Own Creation
    May 22 2023

    In this episode we discuss Von Neumann probes, and also review Lewis Dartnell's "The Knowledge..." as well as “We Are Legion (We Are Bob)” by Dennis E. Taylor.
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    33 mins
  • This Episode Is Coming From Inside Your Headphones

    This Episode Is Coming From Inside Your Headphones
    Mar 13 2023

    In this episode we will discuss JOOTsing - Jumping Out Of The System, in the context of software systems and security exploits.
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    39 mins
  • The Following Episode Is False

    The Following Episode Is False
    Jan 3 2023

    This episode discusses metaness and Strange Loops in real life. We also review the 1985 novel "Contact" by Carl Sagan.
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    33 mins
  • This Episode Contains a Hapax Legomenon

    This Episode Contains a Hapax Legomenon
    Dec 5 2022

    In this episode we will discuss the Chinese Room Argument, Turing Machines, and Fixed-Point proofs.
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    37 mins