Sean Carroll
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Mindscape Ask Me Anything, Sean Carroll | September 2026
Blog post with audio player, show notes, and transcript: Welcome to the September 2026 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape!
Jared Diamond on the Course of History and the Role of Leaders | Mindscape 367
Blog post with audio player, show notes, and transcript: The course of history is affected by many things, including the political and social situations of large groups of people, their biological and…
363 | Chandra Sripada on How LLMs and Humans are Cognitive Cousins
Large Language Models display an uncanny ability to construct human-sounding speech, and can synthesize concepts in novel ways.
Mindscape Ask Me Anything, Sean Carroll | August 2026
Welcome to the August 2026 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions).
Exploring the Deep Mysteries of Physics
Are the laws of physics real, or are they human inventions?
361 | Bonnie Bassler on How Bacteria Talk and Work Together
One of the characteristics of life is that living organisms gather information and put it to use.
Mindscape Ask Me Anything, Sean Carroll | July 2026 - YouTube
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360 | Marc Berman on the Science of Touching Grass
Modern life has, in many ways, removed us from the environments in which our ancestors lived and adapted.
359 | Solo: Theories of Dark Energy
The cosmological constant, as discussed last episode, provides a perfectly good (thus far) explanation for why we observe the universe to be accelerating.