{"id":7641,"date":"2011-11-08T11:15:27","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T19:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/?p=7641"},"modified":"2011-11-08T11:15:27","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T19:15:27","slug":"a-cornucopia-of-time-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/08\/a-cornucopia-of-time-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"A Cornucopia of Time Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t suppose &#8220;cornucopia&#8221; is the right collective noun, but what does one call a collection of talks centered on the subject of time?  I previously linked to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/FQXi\">these talks<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/2011\/09\/01\/ten-things-everyone-should-know-about-time\/\">our time conference<\/a>, but it&#8217;s clear from the viewing numbers that not nearly enough of you have taken advantage of them.  There&#8217;s a lot of great stuff here!  So let me pick out some of my very favorites, although I promise they are all good.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s neuroscientist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eagleman.com\/\">David Eagleman<\/a>, talking about how we perceive time.<\/p>\n<blockquote><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"David Eagleman on CHOICE\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_MkANniH8XZE\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/MkANniH8XZE\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MkANniH8XZE\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT32M12S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2011-10-04T20:12:05Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_MkANniH8XZE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/MkANniH8XZE\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">David Eagleman on CHOICE<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MkANniH8XZE\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/MkANniH8XZE\/0.jpg\" alt=\"David Eagleman on CHOICE\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"http:\/\/fqxi.org David Eagleman at the FQXi SETTING TIME ARIGHT conference, an interdisciplinary meeting investigating the nature of time\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s physicist-turned-complexity-theorist <a href=\"http:\/\/mae.ucdavis.edu\/dsouza\/\">Raissa D&#8217;Souza<\/a>, talking about complexity.<\/p>\n<blockquote><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Raissa D&amp;#039;Souza on COMPLEXITY\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_LSO1mpeFUD8\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/LSO1mpeFUD8\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LSO1mpeFUD8\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT32M\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2011-09-30T01:23:38Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_LSO1mpeFUD8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/LSO1mpeFUD8\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Raissa D&#039;Souza on COMPLEXITY<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LSO1mpeFUD8\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/LSO1mpeFUD8\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Raissa D&amp;#039;Souza on COMPLEXITY\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"http:\/\/fqxi.org Raissa D&#039;Souza at the FQXi SETTING TIME ARIGHT conference, an interdisciplinary meeting investigating the nature of time.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another physicist-turned-complexity-theorist, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafe.edu\/about\/people\/profile\/Geoffrey%20West\">Geoffrey West<\/a>, taking the complexity story even further.<\/p>\n<blockquote><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Geoffrey West on COMPLEXITY\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_DFFVSvAr7Wc\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/DFFVSvAr7Wc\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DFFVSvAr7Wc\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT40M51S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2011-10-02T23:20:38Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_DFFVSvAr7Wc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/DFFVSvAr7Wc\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Geoffrey West on COMPLEXITY<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DFFVSvAr7Wc\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/DFFVSvAr7Wc\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Geoffrey West on COMPLEXITY\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"http:\/\/fqxi.org Geoffrey West at the FQXi SETTING TIME ARIGHT conference, an interdisciplinary meeting investigating the nature of time.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s former <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/2010\/04\/26\/guest-post-malcolm-maciver-on-war-with-the-cylons\/\">guest-blogger<\/a>, now <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/sciencenotfiction\/author\/mmaciver\/\"><em>Discover<\/em> blogger<\/a>, and engineer\/roboticist\/neuroscientist\/philosopher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neuromech.northwestern.edu\/\">Malcolm Maciver<\/a>, talking about making choices and the evolution of consciousness.<\/p>\n<blockquote><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Malcolm MacIver on CHOICE\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_dRDfwsuBNb4\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/dRDfwsuBNb4\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dRDfwsuBNb4\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT33M30S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2011-09-21T00:30:42Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_dRDfwsuBNb4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/dRDfwsuBNb4\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Malcolm MacIver on CHOICE<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dRDfwsuBNb4\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/dRDfwsuBNb4\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Malcolm MacIver on CHOICE\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"http:\/\/fqxi.org Malcolm McIver at the FQXi SETTING TIME ARIGHT conference, an interdisciplinary meeting investigating the nature of time.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And to top things off, here&#8217;s one of those <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/2011\/10\/25\/does-time-exist\/\">mock debates<\/a> (where participants attempt to defend the side they don&#8217;t believe in).  This time it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Albert\">David Albert<\/a> vs. <a href=\"http:\/\/users.ox.ac.uk\/~mert0130\/\">David Wallace<\/a>, on the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.<\/p>\n<blockquote><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"A Mock Debate on Quantum Mechanics with DAVID ALBERT and DAVID WALLACE\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_DGdO929Rpns\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/DGdO929Rpns\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DGdO929Rpns\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT10M48S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2011-10-27T09:56:09Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_DGdO929Rpns\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/DGdO929Rpns\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">A Mock Debate on Quantum Mechanics with DAVID ALBERT and DAVID WALLACE<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DGdO929Rpns\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/DGdO929Rpns\/0.jpg\" alt=\"A Mock Debate on Quantum Mechanics with DAVID ALBERT and DAVID WALLACE\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"http:\/\/fqxi.org David Albert and David Wallace argue their opposite position at the FQXi SETTING TIME ARIGHT conference.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Seriously good stuff.  There are still more talks not yet up, I&#8217;ll let you know.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong>  I didn&#8217;t realize my own talk was up.  Here it is.<\/p>\n<blockquote><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Sean Carroll, OPENING PANEL at FQXi Conference on Time\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_QR9reQrumS0\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/QR9reQrumS0\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QR9reQrumS0\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT19M12S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2011-11-08T20:40:32Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_QR9reQrumS0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/QR9reQrumS0\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Sean Carroll, OPENING PANEL at FQXi Conference on Time<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QR9reQrumS0\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/QR9reQrumS0\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Sean Carroll, OPENING PANEL at FQXi Conference on Time\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"http:\/\/fqxi.org Sean Carroll at the FQXi SETTING TIME ARIGHT conference, an interdisciplinary meeting investigating the nature of time.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t suppose &#8220;cornucopia&#8221; is the right collective noun, but what does one call a collection of talks centered on the subject of time? I previously linked to these talks from our time conference, but it&#8217;s clear from the viewing numbers that not nearly enough of you have taken advantage of them. There&#8217;s a lot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science","category-time"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}