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Nov 20, 2019 • 1h 40min

#5 - The Big Three and a Case Against Government, with Logan Chipkin

Christofer and political writer Logan Chipkin speak about 'The Big Three' and the philosophical case against government in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss Constructor Theory and its implications, Praxeology and Austrian economics, Economic Creationism, and other related topics.Logan Chipkin is a freelance writer from Philadelphia who's articles have been featured in online magazines such as Quillette, Areo and The Libertarian Institute to name a few. He hosts a podcast called Fallible Animals about our deepest theories across science and philosophy, as well as the history of ideas and can also be found on Twitter (https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan).Website: https://loganchipkin.comArticles mentioned:https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/the-nature-of-economics/https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/economic-creationism/https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspa.2014.0540Support the podcast at:https://www.patreon.com/doexplain (monthly)https://ko-fi.com/doexplain (one-time)Find Christofer on Twitter:https://twitter.com/ReachChristofer
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Nov 14, 2019 • 1h 8min

#4 - Reality, Abstractions, and Tie Dye Shirts, with Charlie Jungheim

Christofer and his buddy Charlie Jungheim speak about various aspects of David Deutsch's  worldview in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss the immorality of moral relativism, free will and the reality of abstractions, reductionism, and other related topics.Charlie Jungheim is a philosophy YouTuber, impressionist, and musician from Laguna Beach, currently residing in Palm Springs, California. He makes videos about Critical Rationalism following the philosophy of Karl Popper and David Deutsch and can be found on various platforms:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hermesofreasonWebsite: http://hermesofreason.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HermesofReasonSupport the podcast at:https://www.patreon.com/doexplain (monthly)https://ko-fi.com/doexplain (one-time)Find Christofer on Twitter:https://twitter.com/ReachChristofer
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Oct 24, 2019 • 1h 5min

#3 - Culture, Creativity, and Clammy Hands, with Charlie Jungheim

Christofer and his buddy Charlie Jungheim speak about David Deutsch's latest Ted Talk, 'After Billions of Years of Monotony, the Universe is Waking Up', in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss cultural evolution, memes, morality, the difference between closed and open societies, and other related topics.Charlie Jungheim is a philosophy YouTuber, impressionist, and musician from Laguna Beach, currently residing in Palm Springs, California. He makes videos about Critical Rationalism following the philosophy of Karl Popper and David Deutsch and can be found on various platforms:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hermesofreasonWebsite: http://hermesofreason.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HermesofReasonSupport the podcast at:https://www.patreon.com/doexplain (monthly)https://ko-fi.com/doexplain (one-time)Find Christofer on Twitter:https://twitter.com/ReachChristofer
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Oct 10, 2019 • 1h 37min

#2 - Why Worrying About AI Is Racist, with Dennis Hackethal

Christofer and software engineer Dennis Hackethal speak about everything to do with Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss the problem of induction and how knowledge grows, the difference between AI and AGI, issues with current research approaches, the universality of computation, AI-risk, and other related topics. Dennis Hackethal is a software engineer and intelligence researcher in Silicon Valley, California. He hosts a podcast called Artificial Creativity about how to create AGI and can also be found on Twitter:Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/dchackeTwitter: https://twitter.com/dchackethalSupport the podcast at:https://www.patreon.com/doexplain (monthly)https://ko-fi.com/doexplain (one-time)Find Christofer on Twitter:https://twitter.com/ReachChristofer
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Oct 4, 2019 • 55min

#1 - A Beginning of Infinity, with Charlie Jungheim

Christofer and his buddy Charlie Jungheim speak about David Deutsch's latest book, 'The Befinning of Infinity', in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss human progress and its relation to problem-solving, good and bad explanations, what people fundamentally are, and other related topics. Charlie Jungheim is a philosophy YouTuber, impressionist, and musician from Laguna Beach, currently residing in Palm Springs, California. He makes videos about Critical Rationalism following the philosophy of Karl Popper and David Deutsch and can be found on various platforms:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hermesofreasonWebsite: http://hermesofreason.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HermesofReasonSupport the podcast at:https://www.patreon.com/doexplain (monthly)https://ko-fi.com/doexplain (one-time)Find Christofer on Twitter:https://twitter.com/ReachChristofer

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