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The Thought Experiment

Scott V. Burger

The Thought Experiment is a podcast devoted to theoretical situations of the same name. Once a week, we cover a thought experiment from the fields of mathematics, physics or philosophy.

PublishesWeeklyEpisodes25Founded18 years ago
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The first episode of the new joint podcast, "Questioning the Cosmos" is online. Check it out and stuff!

13 years ago

By now I'm sure your skeletons have blown away in the wind in anticipation of an update. The Thought Experiment will live on in the Internet's bowels for weeks to come, but a new contender has arisen. The "Question the Cosmos" podcast is its spiritua... more

13 years ago

Ok I've been too lazy for too long. This weekend before I head off to CERN I'll post the first of a few interviews I did at the American Physical Society. Up first? How about Phil Plait? more

15 years ago

Shedding Light on Dark Matter Powerpoint more

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16 years ago

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3.0 out of 5 stars from 5 ratings
  • Get it together guys! Bad audio!

    I was really glad to find all this content and to read the reviews, I was anticipating the best. Well, first of all the Brian Greene podcast is so distorted you can't hear it. It gets worse! The other programs have this goofy, inane, inappropriate music at 0 db level (painfully loud) and then the voice at like -30 db, when all of a sudden at some random point in the middle of some talk, on comes the dumb music again (as if it is some kind of interlude?) and blows your ears out. Lose the idioti... more

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    Olowkow
    United States16 years ago
  • The weight of my world is on your shoulders!

    I go here for all my scientific knowledge. You boys are my conduit to the outside world!

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    hackbackwards
    United States18 years ago
  • Awesome improvement!

    The TPD Podcast has really grown up. Great job!

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    5
    Bluestrike2
    United States18 years ago

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