Can Science Explain Consciousness?

Mathematically, what is the maximum level of predictability that can be achieved in an inherently chaotic world?  Why would a corporation or nation care about issues like this?   All this and more on today's episode of the Turing Rabbit Holes Podcast!   Subscribe on Youtube at:  www.youtube.com/TuringRabbitHolesPodcast

Famed futurist Ray Kurzweil's made many predictions about what human life would be like in from the 1990's through 2050.  We discuss some of his predictions and how accurate he was.    Subscribe to our youtube channel at:  youtube.com/TuringRabbitHolesPodcast Email Us:  [email protected] 

What is a primordial black hole?   How are (were) they created and how are they different from other types of black holes?  Is it possible that there may be a primordial black hole in our own solar system?   All this and more on this episode of the Turing Rabbit Holes Podcast. Subscribe to the Youtube Channel at:  youtube.com/TuringRabbitHolesPodcast

Subscribe at youtube.com/TuringRabbitHolesPodcast Email us at [email protected] What happens when Flatworms are given Prozac?   Do flies get drunk on fermented fruit juices when rejected by mates?  Can certain forms of bacteria 'self-organize' and form a brain-like structure when under certain stresses?   Answers to these questions and more on today's episode of the Turing Rabbit Holes Podcast as we interview Professor One Pagan, host of the Bald Scientist Podcast as well as the blog of the same name.   Dr. Pagan is a university researcher and professor of biology and neuropharmacology as well as popular science communicator.   His blog and podcast can be found at https://baldscientist.com.     He is also the author of numerous popular science books that can be found on Amazon.com.   Follow him on twitter @BaldScientist. 

Subscribe at:  YouTube.com/TuringRabbitHolesPodcast  In Today's episode, we introduce Alex's science fiction trilogy starting with book 1:  War and Peace: Earth.    Meeting in a fictional Hitler youth science camp in the 1920's, three highly gifted students become close friends before learning that one of them has Jewish ancestry and is expelled from the camp.    The three grow up to become scientists whose discoveries affect the outcome of the war as well as the destinies of the biggest superpowers of the 21st century.   

*Content Warning:  discussions of domestic violence -Subscribe at www.youtube.com/TuringRabbitHolesPodcast -Visit our Patreon at patreon.com/TuringRabbitHoles -Against the odds of experiencing domestic violence, ignorance, and poverty as a child, Alex goes on to earn his PhD in Physics and provides an much better life for his children than the one that he grew up in.   This is his story.

We discuss Douglas Hofstadter's book "Godel Escher Bach" as well as modern A.I. systems.  We answer the question, "What is 'Intelligence' versus 'Intelligent behavior'?"  

In today's episode, we discuss national responses to human atrocities, learned racist and/or sexist behaviors, as well the science behind the Implicit Association Test.  Featuring special guest Shanny Schmidt.    Resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implicit-association_test https://www.knowablemagazine.org/article/mind/2020/how-to-curb-implicit-bias https://www.apa.org/monitor/2008/07-08/psychometric

Think of it like a Science and Non-fiction version the show Reading Rainbow, but for adults!  In this premier episode of the Turing Rabbit Holes Podcast, Hosts Dr. Alex Alaniz (Particle Physicist and Science Fiction Author) and Gabriel Hesch (Electrical Engineer and Former Science Teacher) discuss their most influential science books as well as explain what this podcast will be about.  Future topics of this podcast include neuroscience and brain chemistry, artificial neural networks, the absolute mathematical limits of human knowledge, catastrophe theory and proposed topological maps of human intelligence.   Papers referenced include:   -Step by Step Notes on Algebra, Topology, Geometry, and Physics as Fiber Bundle Theory; Dr. Alex Alaniz, 26 October 2019 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q4P2O6zehOGt-0yfPx7qOOQlfXg4K_R9/view?usp=sharing -Early Doctrine For and a Path to Warfare by Artificial Intelligence (AGI); Dr. Alex Alaniz, 29 Oct. 2018 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l17GFiJRcb7HpmGq9MfMD1hv7vOfbLLh/view?usp=sharing -Mathematical and Physical Limits for Mortals and Immortals; Dr. Alex Alaniz, 05 May 2020  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bXIWjPrP7OtmtJwRUbS-icDbWAc0ewYh/view?usp=sharing -Notes on Understanding the Holographic Universe, A Youtube Playlist from PBS SpaceTime; Dr. Alex Alaniz, 29 October 2019