

Ep. 13 - On the Freedom of Thought and Nature: Freeman Dyson and Stephen Blackwood
Dec 18, 2020
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
Freeman Dyson: The Courageous and Independent Thinker
03:00 • 4min
The Power of Authority
06:55 • 2min
The Importance of Freedom in Life
08:44 • 3min
The Inherent Freedom of Thought
11:51 • 3min
The Unbounded Prodigality of Mind and Life
15:03 • 2min
The Problems With the PhD System
17:17 • 3min
The Perversities of the PhD System
20:06 • 2min
The Importance of a PhD
21:46 • 3min
The Importance of Independent Learning
25:14 • 2min
The Paradox of Educational Institutions
27:18 • 2min
The Contrast Between Napoleonic and Tolstoyan Education
29:00 • 3min
Tolstoy's Opposite Philosophy
31:42 • 2min
The Tolstoyan Nature of Science
33:21 • 3min
How to Cultivate a Creative Spirit in the Young
36:17 • 2min
The Power of Mathematics
37:49 • 2min
The Power of Imagination
39:44 • 4min
The Independence of the Mind
43:25 • 2min
The Importance of Truth in Science
45:37 • 4min
Fermi's Theory of Physics
49:57 • 3min
The Role of Intellectual Humility
52:42 • 3min
The Non-Reductive Quality of Reality
55:36 • 2min
The Dialectical Thinking of Reality
58:01 • 2min
The Non-Reducible Character of Reality
59:38 • 5min
The Evolution of Sexual Preferences
01:04:43 • 6min
The Coherency and Purpose of the Universe
01:10:41 • 2min
The Evolution of Neanderthals
01:12:12 • 3min
The Evolution of Consciousness
01:15:10 • 3min
The Mind Is Inherent in Every Electron
01:17:56 • 2min
The Negative Effects of Reductivist Materialism
01:19:26 • 2min
The Nature of Things Is Non-Reductive
01:21:14 • 3min
The Non-Deterministic Concept of Science
01:23:49 • 2min
The Non-Reductivist Mode of Thinking
01:25:43 • 2min
Freeman Dyson on the Late Mathematician Polymath
01:27:36 • 2min