web02.fireside.fm Sat, 02 May 2026 04:33:27 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Increments - Episodes Tagged with “Justice” https://www.incrementspodcast.com/tags/justice Mon, 03 May 2021 10:00:00 -0700 Vaden Masrani, a senior research scientist in machine learning, and Ben Chugg, a PhD student in statistics, get into trouble arguing about everything except machine learning and statistics. Coherence is somewhere on the horizon. Bribes, suggestions, love-mail and hate-mail all welcome at incrementspodcast@gmail.com. en-us episodic Science, Philosophy, Epistemology, Mayhem Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani Vaden Masrani, a senior research scientist in machine learning, and Ben Chugg, a PhD student in statistics, get into trouble arguing about everything except machine learning and statistics. Coherence is somewhere on the horizon. Bribes, suggestions, love-mail and hate-mail all welcome at incrementspodcast@gmail.com. no Philosophy,Science,Ethics,Progress,Knowledge,Computer Science,Conversation,Error-Correction Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani incrementspodcast@gmail.com #23 - Physics, Philosophy, and Free Will with Sam Kuypers https://www.incrementspodcast.com/23 Buzzsprout-8450979 Mon, 03 May 2021 10:00:00 -0700 Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani full Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani 1:33:44 no <p>We are joined by the great Sam Kuypers for a conversation on physics, philosophy, and free will.&nbsp;<br><br>Vaden spends most of the episode preparing for a huge debate on free-will, and Ben spends it worried about what alternate versions of himself are up to in parallel universes. Still, we manage to touch on a few topics:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Realism and antirealist interpretations of quantum theory</li><li>The advisory styles of Dennis Sciama and John Wheeler and the standardization of education&nbsp;</li><li>Reconciling the Harris / Deutsch perspectives on Free Will</li><li>Restorative and Rehabilitative justice</li><li>A universe in which Ben spontaneously explodes into dust while speaking</li></ul><p>Links:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Sam's <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.02328">recent paper</a> with David Deutsch</li><li><a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Micro-Macro-Adventures-Wandering-Physicist-ebook/dp/B077YXQ2C8?sa-no-redirect=1">From Micro to Macro</a>, by Vlatko Vedral&nbsp;</li><li>Hayek's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Constitution_of_Liberty">Constitution of Liberty</a></li></ul><p><br><em>Sam Kuypers is a&nbsp; DPhil student at the University of Oxford, where he researches foundational issues in quantum theory. He's also one of the founders of the </em><a href="https://oxfkarlpopper.squarespace.com/"><em>Oxford Karl Popper Society</em></a><em>, an Oxford-based student society created to facilitate discussions about science and philosophy.<br></em><br><em>Follow him on Twitter at: </em><a href="https://twitter.com/crit_rat"><em>https://twitter.com/crit_rat</em></a><em>.</em></p><p>Send us an email or explode into dust - your choice:&nbsp; <em>incrementspodcast@gmail.com</em>.&nbsp;</p> Special Guest: Sam Kuypers. free will, education, learning, justice, physics, quantum mechanics, many worlds We are joined by the great Sam Kuypers for a conversation on physics, philosophy, and free will. 

Vaden spends most of the episode preparing for a huge debate on free-will, and Ben spends it worried about what alternate versions of himself are up to in parallel universes. Still, we manage to touch on a few topics: 

  • Realism and antirealist interpretations of quantum theory
  • The advisory styles of Dennis Sciama and John Wheeler and the standardization of education 
  • Reconciling the Harris / Deutsch perspectives on Free Will
  • Restorative and Rehabilitative justice
  • A universe in which Ben spontaneously explodes into dust while speaking

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Sam Kuypers is a  DPhil student at the University of Oxford, where he researches foundational issues in quantum theory. He's also one of the founders of the Oxford Karl Popper Society, an Oxford-based student society created to facilitate discussions about science and philosophy.

Follow him on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/crit_rat.

Send us an email or explode into dust - your choice:  incrementspodcast@gmail.com. 

Special Guest: Sam Kuypers.

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]]> We are joined by the great Sam Kuypers for a conversation on physics, philosophy, and free will. 

Vaden spends most of the episode preparing for a huge debate on free-will, and Ben spends it worried about what alternate versions of himself are up to in parallel universes. Still, we manage to touch on a few topics: 

  • Realism and antirealist interpretations of quantum theory
  • The advisory styles of Dennis Sciama and John Wheeler and the standardization of education 
  • Reconciling the Harris / Deutsch perspectives on Free Will
  • Restorative and Rehabilitative justice
  • A universe in which Ben spontaneously explodes into dust while speaking

Links: 


Sam Kuypers is a  DPhil student at the University of Oxford, where he researches foundational issues in quantum theory. He's also one of the founders of the Oxford Karl Popper Society, an Oxford-based student society created to facilitate discussions about science and philosophy.

Follow him on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/crit_rat.

Send us an email or explode into dust - your choice:  incrementspodcast@gmail.com. 

Special Guest: Sam Kuypers.

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