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Craig Callender is Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Institute for Practical Ethics at UC San Diego, where he is a leading philosopher of science and physics. Craig also appeared on episode 73, in which he and Robinson discussed pseudoscience and conspiracy theories, and epidote 114, where he, Robinson, and Tim Maudlin discussed the philosophy of time, including the reality of the past, present, and future, the direction of time, its relationship to relativity and quantum mechanics, and time travel. In this episode, Robinson and Craig turn to a different assortment of topics. They talk about disinformation, lab-grown meat, de-extinction, scientific communication, quantum mechanics, and the Tolman-Ehrenfest Effect.
Craig’s Website: https://www.craigcallender.com
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00:00 Craig’s Interest in Lab-Grown Meat
04:25 Disinformation and the Philosophy of Science
18:18 The Root of the Error
23:43 The Importance of Science Communication
31:12 What Is De-Extinction?
47:28 What Is the Tolman-Ehrenfest Effect?
1:00:00 Tolman-Ehrenfest, Continued
01:15:07 A Philosopher’s Perspective
01:23:05 What Is The Problem with Quantum Mechanics?
01:24:56 What’s the Best Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics?
Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com
Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University, where he is also a JD candidate in the Law School.
