- 12-31#488 – Infinity, Paradoxes that Broke Mathematics, Gödel Incompleteness & the Multiverse – Joel David Hamkins
- 00:00Introduction
- 01:58Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections
- 15:40Infinity & paradoxes
- 1:02:50Russell’s paradox
- 1:15:57Gödel’s incompleteness theorems
- 1:33:28Truth vs proof
- 1:44:52The Halting Problem
- 2:00:45Does infinity exist?
- 2:18:19MathOverflow
- 2:22:12The Continuum Hypothesis
- 2:31:58Hardest problems in mathematics
- 2:41:25Mathematical multiverse
- 3:00:18Surreal numbers
- 3:10:55Conway’s Game of Life
- 3:13:11Computability theory
- 3:23:04P vs NP
- 3:26:21Greatest mathematicians in history
- 3:40:05Infinite chess
- 3:58:24Most beautiful idea in mathematics
- 12-12#487 – Irving Finkel: Deciphering Secrets of Ancient Civilizations & Flood Myths
- 00:00Introduction
- 00:43Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections
- 09:53Origins of human language
- 15:59Cuneiform
- 23:12Controversial theory about Göbekli Tepe
- 34:23How to write and speak Cuneiform
- 39:42Primitive human language
- 41:26Development of writing systems
- 42:20Decipherment of Cuneiform
- 54:51Limits of language
- 59:51Art of translation
- 1:05:01Gods
- 1:10:25Ghosts
- 1:20:13Ancient flood stories
- 1:30:21Noah’s Ark
- 1:41:44The Royal Game of Ur
- 1:54:43British Museum
- 2:02:08Evolution of human civilization