

Scientific Sense ®
Gill Eapen
Scientific Sense ® is an invigorating podcast that delves into the intricate tapestry of Science and Economics, serving as a nexus for intellectual exploration and fervor. This daily venture engages listeners by conversing with preeminent academics, unraveling their research, and unveiling emerging concepts across a diverse array of fields. Scientific Sense ® thoughtfully examines multifaceted themes such as the frameworks of worker rights and policy, the philosophical underpinnings of truth and its pursuit within academia, and constitutional discourse within divided societies.
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Sep 21, 2024 • 1h 1min
Dr. Anna Trindade Falcão of Harvard on Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Anna Trindade Falcão is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Astrophysics at the Smithsonian Institute of Harvard University. She is interested in multi wavelength studies of active galactic nuclei (AGN), their evolution, and connection to the interstellar medium.
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Sep 12, 2024 • 1h 11min
Prof. Mike Wiest of Wellesley College on Consciousness
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Mike Wiest is Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Wellesley College. He researches the physical basis of Consciousness.
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Aug 24, 2024 • 44min
Prof. Thomas Maschmeyer of the University of Sydney on battery technologies and plastics recycling.
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Thomas Maschmeyer is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Sydney, serves as Founding Director of the Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis for Sustainability (School of Chemistry), and is Founder of Gelion Technologies
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Aug 20, 2024 • 1h 11min
Prof. Ben Levinstein of the University of Illinois on the mind of ChatGPT (Part 2)
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Ben Levinstein is an associate professor at the University of Illinois, who specializes in formal epistemology, decision theory, philosophy of science, and—increasingly—in the ethics and philosophy of artificial intelligence. Much of Ben's past work has developed new accounts of rationality for both belief and action.
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Aug 17, 2024 • 44min
Prof. Ben Levinstein of the University of Illinois on the mind of ChatGPT - Part I
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Ben Levinstein is an associate professor at the University of Illinois, who specializes in formal epistemology, decision theory, philosophy of science, and—increasingly—in the ethics and philosophy of artificial intelligence. Much of Ben's past work has developed new accounts of rationality for both belief and action.
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Aug 14, 2024 • 1h 4min
Prof. Sharon Block of Harvard on worker power, rights, unions and policy
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Sharon Block is a Professor of Practice and Executive Director of the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School. She has held key labor policy positions across the legislative and executive branches in both Obama and Biden administrations.
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Aug 11, 2024 • 1h 5min
Prof. Robert George of Princeton on the Truth-Seeking Mission of the University and Its Conditions.
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Robert George is Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. He is a specialist in moral and political philosophy, constitutional law, bioethics, and the theory of conscience.
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Aug 7, 2024 • 50min
Prof. Rebecca Tushnet of Harvard on the first amendment, copyright and commercial speech doctrine
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Rebecca Tushnet is a professor of law at Harvard Law School. Her work currently focuses on copyright, trademark and false advertising law. She is also an expert on the law of engagement rings.
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Aug 1, 2024 • 1h 2min
Prof. Martha Minow of Harvard on Constitutional Preconditions, Divided Societies, and Local News
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Martha Minow is Professor of Law at Harvard. She has taught at Harvard Law School since 1981 and served as dean between 2009 & 2017. Her prior books include Saving the News: Why The Constitution Calls for Government Action to Preserve the Freedom of Speech (2021); When Should Law Forgive? (2019); In Brown’s Wake: Legacies of America’s Constitutional Landmark (2010); Partners, Not Rivals: Privatization and the Public Good (2002; and Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History After Genocide and Mass Violence (1998).
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Jul 19, 2024 • 57min
Prof. Karla Kaun of Brown University on addiction and the brain
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Karla Kaun is Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Brown University. Her research interests include Synaptic networks of reward and addiction, cognitive decline, and effects of aging on substance abuse.
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