
Fallible Animals
We talk about our deepest theories across science, philosophy, economics, and morality. We also explore the history of ideas.
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Latest episodes

Dec 7, 2023 • 11min
Did the Catholic Church Plant the Seeds of Science?
Audio version of my Substack essay: Did the Catholic Church Plant the Seeds for Science?
Essay: https://logan893.substack.com/p/did-t...
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

Nov 26, 2023 • 8min
Money: Where Economics and Memetics Meet
Exploring the impact of transitioning to a fiat standard and the distortions in sectors like education, nutrition, energy, science, and medicine. The spread and impact of DEI and ESG mandates, and tactics used to silence dissent. The influence of anti-rational memes and the role of hard money standard in promoting rational ideas and suppressing criticism.

Oct 20, 2023 • 23min
Constructor Theory: Basics, Theory, & Experiment
Introduction to Constructor Theory, exploring its applications in biology, abstract things, and unpredictability. Advancements in physics challenging Newtonian mechanics and introducing general relativity. Possibility of life within the laws of physics and the role of genes. Constructor Theory of Information and its relation to quantum information and quantum gravity theories.

Oct 15, 2023 • 7min
The Anarchist at the Wedding
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

Oct 7, 2023 • 11min
Thermodynamics: Born of War
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

Sep 29, 2023 • 5min
Economics: A Universal Acid
The podcast discusses the universal applicability of Darwin's theory of evolution and its contrast with the limited scope of Austrian Economics. It also explores the inconsistent adoption of economic principles by politicians and classical liberals, and the dismissal of economic lessons by national conservatives.

Mar 7, 2023 • 26min
The Universal Constructor with David Deutsch
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.

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Jan 19, 2021 • 36min
Constructor Theory of Information with David Deutsch
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

Oct 8, 2020 • 30min
Quantum Field Theory & Qubit Field Theory with Sam Kuypers
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

Sep 25, 2020 • 43min
Probing Hybrid Systems with Vlatko Vedral
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