Dad asks Thomas: exactly what is nuclear fusion? And is it still 20 years away?

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In their continuing mission to understand the self Thomas asks Stephen to explain how trait based theories work and the use of psychometrics.

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Dad keeps hearing science podcasters talk about The Lagrangian, but it sounds like a character from the Matrix to him. Thomas takes his future father-in-law on a journey, with stops along the way at Potential Energy, Kinetic Energy, System Dynamics, Energy Conservation and the Higgs Field.

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Thomas asks Stephen to explain the 'small matter' of consciousness. Stephen focuses upon the element of consciousness sometimes called a subjective experience. There is a lot of talk about this question on podcasts and YouTube channels - sometimes called the "hard question of consciousness', coined by David Chalmers. Stephen introduces the work of neuroscientists and psychologists to try to understand this mystery, and also finds what he believes is the most promising theory yet to explain consciousness scientifically. This will only be the first of many discussions about consciousness and its intersection with psychology and physics.

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After watching a Sabine Hossenfelder video on YouTube claiming it might be possible to exceed the speed of light, Stephen asks Thomas whether this could be true, and just why it seems to be impossible. Also included in this episode: What is light? What is a field? What is a charge? What is the electromagnetic spectrum? How does an upside down ice-cream cone help us to understand the Universal speed limit.

Inspiration for the episode, Sabine Hossenfelder. "I Think Faster Thank light Travel Is Possible. Here's Why."

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What is an archetype? What did Jung mean when he talked about them? How did Jung draw on, and then adapt Freud's ideas about the unconscious? What is the collective unconscious? This time of Matter Over Mind we focus on the inner world of the mind.

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Welcome to Matter Over Mind, your essential guide to help you make sense of the science chatter. This is a short introduction.

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