Tag: Chaitin's Constant

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
April 1, 2021

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Automacoin, bitcoin, Chaitin's Constant, Chaitin's number, Chris Calude, Collatz Conjecture, Elon Musk, G.H. Hardy, Georg Cantor, George Gilder, Goldbach Conjecture, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Gregory Chaitin, Halting Probability Omega, Hector Zenil, Legendre's Conjecture, Marvin Minsky, Omega, Philosophy, Ray Solomonoff, Stephen Wolfram, Twin Prime Conjecture}

The Chaitin Interview V: Chaitin’s Number

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April 1, 2021

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Listen in as Robert J. Marks picks the mind of Professor Gregory Chaitin about Chaitin’s number – a number that has been called “mystical and magical”. How does this number work? Why do some people call it “Chaitin’s constant”? What is the usefulness of philosophizing in mathematics? Show Notes Additional Resources

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
March 25, 2021

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Algorithmic Information Theory, Chaitin's Constant, Christof Koch, computable, Consciousness, Creativity, David Chalmers, Giulio Tononi, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Gregory Chaitin, Halting Probability Omega, halting problem, Jack Schwartz, knowability, Lovelace test, non-computable, Panpsychism, Paul Erdős, Roger Penrose, Selmer Bringsjord, Stephen Hawking, unknowability}

The Chaitin Interview IV: Knowability and Unknowability

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March 25, 2021

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What does it mean for something to be unknowable? Is creativity non-computable? Do all things have a level of consciousness? Jump into today’s podcast, where Robert J. Marks continues his discussion with Gregory Chaitin about mathematical theory and philosophy. Show Notes Additional Resources (Portions of this transcript have been altered to clarify the content).