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Claus Metzner•tinyurl.com
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I am PD Dr. Claus Metzner, a theoretical physicist. In my podcast, I share personal views mainly about Science and Philosophy, but also about Buddhism, Jazz, Good Life, and more. I may use self-played short Jazz pieces as breaks in my episodes. Please send any comments to claus.metzner@zoho.com and have a look at my website: https://tinyurl.com/clausmetzner . [ Es gibt auch noch 43 ältere Podcast-Folgen in deutscher Sprache: https://anchor.fm/claus-metzner ]
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E043 On Existence

Motivated by a listener comment, I end up trying to define 'existence' from the standpoint of an idealist (naively, with a beginner's mind). Finally I talk about the incompleteness of science.

Feb 13, 2022•29 min

E042 Science in a mental universe

I first provide some background information for my new listeners and then (re-)consider the role of science under idealism. Finally, I start to think about the minimum required ingredients for a scientifically transparent idealist worldview. To be continued ...

Feb 06, 2022•30 min

E041 Selfs, Whirlpools and Predictive Brains

A Twitter user raised the topic of experiencing without experiencer. I approach the question first introspectively, then from the viewpoint of analytic idealism. This brings me to the predictive processing model and the notion of pure information.

Jan 23, 2022•32 min

E040 From Plato to silence

After a comment on the 'bit string universe', I speculate about a possible link between Platonic ideal forms and cosmic evolution, and then present highlights from podcast interviews with Elon Musk and Gordon Hempton .

Jan 06, 2022•31 min

E039 The bit-string universe

In this episode, I argue that some people misunderstand what is consciousness and what is physicality. I discuss the idea that the physical universe can be seen as pure evolving information, an abstract string of (q)bits, which our mind renders into structured experiences.

Dec 29, 2021•33 min

E038 From minimalism to self-extension

In this multi-topic episode, after some meta-talk about podcasting, I argue that minimalism will not work for everyone, that bodily health is not the only important goal in life, and that physicists and life scientists have a different notion of 'understanding a system'. Finally I present an idea from Michael Levin about the almost inevitable evolution of intelligence.

Dec 12, 2021•40 min

E037 Quantum nudging

I first talk about our difficulties as humans to update our beliefs properly. I then discuss possibilities how our seemingly deterministic universe could be manipulated from outside our known reality. I then relate this idea to the latest trends in the UFO community. Link to a thought provoking comment of Luis Elizondo . Link to the conference video of 'Our future in Space'....

Nov 28, 2021•32 min

E036 Checkmark Thinking

I first comment on a listener email and then talk about micro stress, caused by checkmark thinking and bad law making.

Nov 23, 2021•32 min

E035 Information hygiene (TR4)

[Topical Review, Part 4: Minimalism, Jazz and Good Life]. I talk about these three topics and finally explore an analogy between food and information.

Nov 14, 2021•32 min

E032 The sound of a brain (TR1)

[Topical Review, Part 1: Science] I talk about my current research project, the life as a scientist, and about having fun with 'fringe science'. Also play the 'sound of a sleeping brain'. Mentioned: Michael Levin, Mike McCulloch, Paul LaViolette and Thomas Townsend Brown, Kaluza-Klein theory.

Oct 10, 2021•26 min

E031 Linking Physics to Consciousness

I talk about Stochastic Electrodynamics (SED), the Zero Point Field (ZPF), and the ideas of Joachim Keppler , who links these concepts from physics to consciousness.

Oct 02, 2021•34 min

E030 Non-zero priors

Get your weekly dose of idealism and open your mind for crazy stuff, too.

Sep 26, 2021•23 min

E025 A short sign of life

References to 'That UFO podcast' , an interview of Luis Elizondo on the 'Theories of Everything' podcast , an interview of Kevin Knuth also on TOE, and an interview of Sarah Walker on the Lex Fridman podcast....

Jul 18, 2021•22 min

E023 Clubhouse & UFOs

A rant on the Clubhouse app and my opinion on Unidentified Areal Phenomena.

Jun 13, 2021•30 min

E022 Working Errors

Private News (Covid progress, Sleep research, Lucid dreaming); The common ground of materialism/physicalism and idealism; Idealism and scientific knowledge; The gap in our worldview; Reference to Max Tegmark: The universe IS mathematics . Really ???; Becoming agnostic about the 'Matrix'; The arrogance of present science; The independence of technological success and correct understanding.

May 30, 2021•30 min

E021 Ways out of the well

Markov models of human behavior (Reference to video on computer composition); The strange persistence of the universe; Escaping the boring trap of materialism

May 23, 2021•40 min

E016 Sunday

Good and bad tech, exploring local nature.

Apr 18, 2021•9 min

E015 Restarting

Some people mentioned: Michael Levin, Stephen Wolfram, Donald Hoffman, Tim Freke.

Apr 17, 2021•17 min

E014 Life as a graph

Getting rid not only of matter, but also of consciousness as a carrier or generator of experiences.

Feb 21, 2021•27 min

E013 The DBN dream world

The idea of 'dreamed up reality' and a concrete model based on deep belief networks. See also this book , this video , and this paper ....

Feb 13, 2021•28 min
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