The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss

Tim Palmer: The Primacy of Doubt

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Feb 4, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 6min
2
Is There Doubt in Science?
05:41 • 4min
3
The Signs of Uncertainty and Understanding Our Uncertain World
09:36 • 3min
4
Was It Popular Books by Scientists?
13:03 • 3min
5
Hoyle's the Black Cloud
15:44 • 2min
6
The Big Bang and Climate Change
17:34 • 2min
7
The Primacy of Doubt
19:16 • 2min
8
I've Attained My Childhood Ambition to Do a Research Degree in General Relativity and Black Hole Physics
21:09 • 3min
9
You Can Change Fields After Your PhD
23:43 • 4min
10
You Don't Do the Post-Doc With...
27:14 • 2min
11
Paralysis by Analysing the Brain
29:26 • 3min
12
Did You Have a Job Offer?
32:00 • 2min
13
Weather Is an Example of Nonlinear Systems
33:33 • 2min
14
The Uncertainty in a Nonlinear System
35:32 • 5min
15
How to Make a Better Weather Forecast on a Computer
40:53 • 3min
16
Nonlinear Systems, You Know?
44:01 • 5min
17
Are We, Are We Destined to Doom?
49:01 • 5min
18
Probabilistic Weather Prediction - The Key, the Key Point
53:49 • 2min
19
How to Quantify Your Uncertainty in Probability Arguments
56:05 • 2min
20
What Is Monte Carlo Weather Forecasting?
58:32 • 5min
21
Predictability of a Simple Chaos Model Like Lorenz 63
01:03:43 • 3min
22
Is There an Absolute Limit to Predictability?
01:06:57 • 6min
23
How Noise Can Help You Simulate Large Scales
01:12:54 • 2min
24
Is Noise a Crucial Part of the Paleoclimate Record?
01:15:14 • 2min
25
Adding Noise in a Complex System
01:16:58 • 2min
26
Trying Different Options Early on Is a Good Idea, Right?
01:18:53 • 4min
27
The Insanity of Quantum Mechanics
01:22:50 • 5min
28
Quantum Mechanics Is Not Doing One Thing at Any Time
01:27:57 • 2min
29
Is There a Counterfactual World in the Fractal Geometry?
01:29:32 • 4min
30
The Context of Quantum Mechanics
01:34:02 • 3min
31
What Is It After All That Separates Science From Pseudoscience?
01:36:51 • 2min
32
The Emerging Supercomputer Technology
01:38:56 • 5min
33
The Probability of Rain or of a Cyclone in 10% of the Places
01:43:31 • 4min
34
Is Climate Science Fundamentally Different Than Other Science?
01:47:45 • 3min
35
The Impacts of Climate Change on Society and Ecosystems
01:50:48 • 4min
36
Are We Going to Do Nothing?
01:54:58 • 6min
37
Does That Mean We Shouldn't Cut Our Emissions?
02:00:42 • 3min
38
Climate Modeling
02:03:22 • 4min
39
Is It Worth Doing Something About Asteroid Impacts?
02:07:12 • 2min
40
The Science of Uncertainty
02:09:11 • 2min