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A podcast all about https://www.conjectureinstitute.org/ with approximately bi-monthly interviews with the Fellows

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  • #16
    February 23 · 6 min

    People, Reason, & Reality Part I: Reason, Module 2: The Real Role of Evidence

    Evidence-based anything is an illusion. There is no evidence-based science, evidence-based policy, evidence-based argument (see this very paragraph). In reality, a mind first guesses—conjectures—an idea. This could be a scientific idea, a moral idea, an economic idea, a political idea, an idea about beauty—anything. One then criticizes it: is it internally consistent? Does it cohere with our other ideas about how the world works? Is it arbitrary? Is it consistent with our observations? Read: https://www.conjectureinstitute.org/courses/people-reason-reality/Logan%20%E2%80%93%20Reason%20Module%202%20-%20Google%20Docs.pdf Visit Conjecture Institute: https://www.conjectureinstitute.org/ Donate to Conjecture Institute: https://www.every.org/conjecture-institute-inc#/donate/card Follow Conjecture Institute on X: https://x.com/ConjectureInst

  • #15
    February 18 · 25 min

    Taking Schrödinger Seriously, Module 1: What Is the Schrödinger Equation?

    Taking Schrödinger Seriously, Module 1: What Is the Schrödinger Equation?, by Conjecture Institute Fellow Maxime Desalle By the end of this module, you will be able to: -Identify each symbol in the Schrödinger equation and explain what it represents, -Describe what the wave function is and why it must be complex (here, complex means ‘having both real and imaginary components’), -Explain why the equation uses only the first derivative of Ψ, and what this implies about determinism, -Read the Hamiltonian as a specification of what physical situation the system is in, and -Articulate what the equation says, and what it does not say. Read: https://www.conjectureinstitute.org/courses/schrodinger/Maxime%20Module%201.pdf Visit Conjecture Institute: https://www.conjectureinstitute.org/

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