An extended exploration of what science tells us about free will and consciousness in a quantum universe, including Sir Roger Penrose's theory of Orchestrated Objective Reduction.

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Episode 353a, June 30, 2024 Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Free Will, Quantum & Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Narration Only)

We often contemplate cyborgs, people enhanced by machines, but what would a civilization built upon cybernetics be like?

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Cyborg Civilizations 
Episode 454a; July 7, 2024
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Cyborg Civilizations (Narration Only)

When  listen to void of space, we hear no alien signals, but could the galaxy be quiet because ancient empires slumber inside it?

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Dormant Alien Empires
Episode 455a; July 14, 2024
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Dormant Alien Empires

Our universe is a strange place, with underlying rules we’re only just beginning to understand, but could the strangest thing of all about our Universe be that we are able to live here to observe it in the first place?

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The Fermi Paradox: Fine-Tuned Universe
Episode 456; July 18, 2024
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