Conversations on Science, Culture and Time
Emergence Explained with David Krakauer
Every now and then, a podcast comes along that doesn’t just pass the time, it rearranges how you think about it. One such episode, from Neil deGrasse Tyson’s StarTalk, features David Krakauer, president of the Santa Fe Institute, talking about emergence, complexity, intelligence, and whether life is just problem-solving matter doing its best in a chaotic universe.
The Snowflake Mystery
We’ve all heard it a million times: “No two snowflakes are alike.” It’s the kind of claim we accept without question - like goldfish forgetting things in three seconds or fortune cookies offering life advice. But in The Snowflake Mystery, Veritasium (my favourite science YouTube channel, btw) dares to prod this frosty axiom with a scientific stick. The results? A lot more nuanced than your average holiday greeting card would have you believe.