Inquiring Minds

“Ten to the one hundred years from now, one googol years … the universe will be empty. And that, according to our best current theories, will last for infinity years. Will last forever.” Ep 376 w/ @seanmcarroll & @indrevis bit.ly/3KJm64J

Is there a physical limit to the size of a single conscious self? We talked to neuroscientist & author @patrick__house about his new book on consciousness and why there are so many different, often conflicting ways to think about it. inquiring.show/episodes/396-h…

@Atbinix @seanmcarroll @indrevis yes, we’re on spotify! open.spotify.com/episode/6XDvTi…

@inquiringshow @seanmcarroll @indrevis Is there a Youtube or Spotify version of the talk?

We talked to @seanmcarroll about his new book & why you don't need to be a physicist to understand the biggest ideas in the universe 🪐 inquiring.show/episodes/392-u… (w/ @indrevis)

@NuiMrme @seanmcarroll @indrevis right now yes! but hopefully changing soon.

@inquiringshow @seanmcarroll @indrevis is it only in audio format on the website ?

Trained as both, @seanmcarroll explains where physicists and philosophers go wrong when they're asking big questions. Full episode here: inquiring.show/episodes/392-u… (w/ @indrevis)

🚨I wrote about a new study that makes clear just how exceptional America is, compared to other wealthy nations, at killing its own people--in large numbers & at young ages, during the pandemic and long before it. 1/ theatlantic.com/health/archive…

We don't need a multi-planetary existence. We need to be guaranteed of a healthy *terrestrial* existence. A case of severely misplaced priorities. Please RT!

“For non-human animals, too, many of these indicators of brain activity are accompanied by a subjective phenomenology. There really is a subjective world that lights up when these animals are asleep, and that’s the dream world.” —@DrPenaGuzman1

New episode! Do animals dream the same way we do? Find out in our conversation with @DrPenaGuzman1 inquiring.show/episodes/386-w…

Dr. Geddy Lee from Rush (honorary doctorate from Nipissing University) may not technically be a scientist, but we'll be tuning in to #geddython anyway! @playazball @geddython

@neuroticnormal @Sawbones We love @Sawbones.

“I can simulate the sensory experiences of a bat. I can learn to echolocate, I can hang from a tree upside down. I can spend my day sleeping and my night searching for insects. But I will never know what it’s like for a bat to be a bat.” w/ @JackieHiggins_ bit.ly/3i5v8wG

Exhausted from the unrelenting gloom of existence? Forget about it for a minute & learn about how cool butterflies and foxes and beavers and ants and octopuses (and more) are in these 9 fun episodes from our archives. 🦋🦊🐜🐙🐈🦑🐻 bit.ly/3rNDY7I

What if rocks that come from space don’t just have the potential to destroy life but also to create it? Cosmochemist @GregBrennecka explains exactly that on our most recent episode. bit.ly/3HQq7TH

This week, @indrevis sits down with #addiction physician & bioethicist @DrCarlErik. Carl works at the intersection of #law, #ethics, & #psychiatry. He has had his own struggles w/ addiction, documented in his new book, The Urge: Our History of Addiction. apple.co/3J274X1

In our first virtual Auditorium event, guest Samora Pinderhuges shared his process on creating music. "The sound always comes first for me. That process starts at the piano, then lyrics, words, and then language. I try to build out a world through sound." #soundtherapy

“I guess I wanted to impress him—instead of roses, I’d given him a dead bat.” #romance #bats #love bit.ly/3K1brTa

Where are #memories stored in the #brain? New research suggests they may be in the connections between your #braincells. bit.ly/334kLoQ

Researchers have found that the shapes of #fingerprints are influenced by the #genes responsible for limb development instead of skin patterning. The study could help us better understand the association between genes and phenotypical traits. doi.org/10.1016/j.cell…