Episodes

  • Correlation, Causation, and Choice
    Apr 23 2026

    Reuben Stern on when interventions are evidence for their non-effects.


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    16 mins
  • Questioning Self-Location
    Apr 15 2026

    Emily Adlam on whether there is a rationally compelling way to assign pure self-locating credences.


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    12 mins
  • Scientists on Tap, Not on Top
    Apr 1 2026

    Stephen John on why scientists cannot, and should not, care about policymakers’ values.


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    15 mins
  • Why Does Causal Reasoning Work?
    Mar 25 2026

    Naftali Weinberger, Porter Williams and James Woodward on the role of worldly infrastructure.


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    8 mins
  • Death in Mind
    Mar 17 2026

    Susana Monsó and Laura Danón on what the opossum’s playing dead tells us about animal minds.


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    11 mins
  • Exploitative Informing
    Nov 21 2024

    David Thorstad on how to exploit someone by giving them relevant information


    Read the essay here: www.thebsps.org/short-reads/exploitative-informing-thorstad/

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    10 mins
  • Black Holes and Reality
    Nov 12 2024

    Siddharth Muthukrishnan on how our philosophy of science affects our response to the information paradox


    Read the essay here: www.thebsps.org/short-reads/black-holes-muthukrishnan/

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    13 mins
  • Explaining Human Mind-Reading
    Nov 7 2024

    Armin W Schulz asks how humans became stand-out mind-readers


    Read the essay here: www.thebsps.org/short-reads/mind-reading-schulz/

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    9 mins