Month: January 2021

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#329 Luciano Floridi: Information, Knowledge, Science, and AI

Podcast: The Dissenter (LS 34 · TOP 5% what is this?)
Episode: #329 Luciano Floridi: Information, Knowledge, Science, and AI
Pub date: 2020-05-04

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Dr. Luciano Floridi is the OII‘s Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information at the University of Oxford, where he is also the Director of the Digital Ethics Lab of the Oxford Internet Institute, and Professorial Fellow of Exeter College. He is a Turing Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute (the UK national institute for data science and artificial intelligence) and Chair of its Data Ethics Group. Still in Oxford, he is Distinguished Research Fellow of the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and Senior Member of the Faculty of Philosophy, and Research Associate and Fellow in Information Policy of the Department of Computer Science. He’s also Adjunct Professor (“Distinguished Scholar in Residence”) of the Department of Economics, at the American University, Washington D.C. His research concerns primarily Digital Ethics (aka Information and Computer Ethics), the Philosophy of Information, and the Philosophy of Technology. His other research interests include Epistemology, Philosophy of Logic, and the History and Philosophy of Scepticism.

In this episode, we talk about the philosophy of information. We go through some of the main questions it deals with, and we have a wide-ranging conversation, dealing with topics from metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, and ethics.

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The Urgent Need to Reinvest in American Research, with Barbara Snyder

Podcast: Big Brains (LS 49 · TOP 1% what is this?)
Episode: The Urgent Need to Reinvest in American Research, with Barbara Snyder
Pub date: 2021-01-14

Our podcast is all about research. Every episode we investigate what scholars have discovered and why it matters. But we’re going to get meta on this episode and look at what makes this research possible—and the dangers of taking it for granted, especially during crises like the COVID-19 pandemic.

Barbara Snyder, JD’80, is president of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an organization composed of America’s leading research universities. On this episode, she lays out the case for investing more in academic research, and what we may lose if we don’t.

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161: Six Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2021

Podcast: The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast (LS 65 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)
Episode: 161: Six Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2021
Pub date: 2021-01-11

The yearly roundup of tools includes an audio feedback tool, sites to combat racism and media bias, and an app that lets you Google things in mid-air.

This episode is sponsored by Kialo Edu and National Geographic Education.

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029. Tenure Tracker: Choose a Mentor, Not a Lab w/ Natasha Snider, PhD (R)

Podcast: Hello PhD (LS 44 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)
Episode: 029. Tenure Tracker: Choose a Mentor, Not a Lab w/ Natasha Snider, PhD (R)
Pub date: 2020-12-16

Choosing a lab for your graduate or postdoc research is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. Most people read papers and abstracts to find the coolest science.  Or they favor the big labs with lots of people and solid funding.

But those features can distract you from the real secret of scientific success.

Your Mentor Matters

Dr. Natasha Snider, PhD

This week on the show, we kick off a new series where we interview the people with truly alternative careers – the tenure track faculty!  Josh sits down with Natasha Snider, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

As a recent faculty hire (just over 1 year), Dr. Snider remembers all the details of graduate school and postdoc life that contributed to her success, and shares them on the show.

First and foremost, she recalls the importance of good mentors in her scientific training.  Rather than choosing high-profile labs or being drawn into the latest research craze, she assessed the character of the PI and the culture of the lab.

“[I did one interview with] one of the brilliant scientists where you know you’re going to get these hot papers, but one of the first things he said was that he doesn’t yell at his people as much as he used to… After that, I sat through the interview but I knew that wasn’t [the lab for me]”

Aside from obvious anger issues, Dr. Snider shares the warning signs of monster mentors (those are anagrams!), and what type of lab environment you should seek instead.

Good mentors were a foundation for her training, but she also took every opportunity to explore other careers and to build a solid network.  She talks about the importance of meeting as many scientists as possible, and tells the story of how she decided to take a faculty position instead of an industry job.

A foraging we will go

And to celebrate the first cold-snap of the season, we enjoy the Fullsteam Brewery – First Frost 2015 Foraged Persimmon Ale.  If you haven’t gotten around to foraging your own persimmons this season, then you’re probably too late, and this high-gravity brew is your best bet for sampling the “Fruit of the Gods.”

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“Other” Options in Science and Companies with Cindy Wu and Denny Luan [Idea Machines #17]

Podcast: Idea Machines (LS 29 · TOP 10% what is this?)
Episode: “Other” Options in Science and Companies with Cindy Wu and Denny Luan [Idea Machines #17]
Pub date: 2019-06-17

Cindy Wu and Denny Luan are the founders of experiment.com – a platform that allows anybody to request funding for a science project and anybody to fund them. It’s fascinating because it stands completely outside of the grant funding and publication system that drives most science today. In this podcast we discuss how the current system prevents the creating of new fields, why science communication may be even more important that science funding, and new models for company governance. 

Key Takeaways

  • The incentives built into the grant system make it hard for new fields to emerge
  • Arguably, changing how science is communicated might have the biggest impact on our knowledge creation system.
  • The concept of ownership and governance of companies being two separate axes that need to be considered separately

Resources

Experiment.com

The Science of Science Funding

DIY biohackers trying to see infrared with vitamin A

Innocentive

Public benefit corporation

Purpose Trusts

Wellcome Trust/Foundation

Employee Owned Breweries

Topics

  • Consolidation and risk aversion in science
  • Hard to fund research outside of funding buckets
  • Field politics
  • Hard for younger scientists to get funding
  • NIH budget stayed the same, proposals have doubled
  • Government funds what’s popular
  • CERN is a consortium of companies doing funding
  • Only real solution is disseminating knowledge
  • DIY biohackers trying to see infrared with vitamin A
  • Digging up dinosaurs
  • No money to prepare dinosaur bones
  • Incentives for science
  • Brewery example of employee owned corporation
  • New models for funding businesses
  • Ownership and Governence Axes
  • Making scientists stakeholders in
  • Danger of masking philanthropy as investment and vice versa
  • Would VCs ever fund something that’s not purely for profit
  • New Company structures

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BS 176 Seth Grant on Synapse Complexity

Podcast: Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone (LS 60 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)
Episode: BS 176 Seth Grant on Synapse Complexity
Pub date: 2020-09-25

This is my fifth interview with molecular biologist and neuroscientist Dr. Seth Grant from The University of Edinburgh. Dr. Grant was recently recognized for his pioneering work by the  Federation of European Neuroscientists. He continues to make fundamental discoveries about the structure and function of the synapse and this month we discuss the discovery that synapse complexity and diversity is greater than expected, along with the  implications of these discoveries. 

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Rehabilitation Counseling – Fostering a Better Quality of Life for People with Disabilities

Podcast: EdFix Podcast (LS 26 · TOP 10% what is this?)
Episode: Rehabilitation Counseling – Fostering a Better Quality of Life for People with Disabilities
Pub date: 2021-01-08

Rehabilitation counselors provide independent living support and job readiness training for people with disabilities, empowering them to integrate more fully into the community. According to Drs. Maureen McGuire-Kuletz and Kenneth Hergenrather, directors of the Center for Rehabilitation Counseling Research and Education, there is a pressing need for more rehabilitation professionals as a generation of counselors prepares to retire. They discuss the intersection of disability and poverty, why this population has been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and what can be done to address these challenges. 

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To Pay Attention, the Brain Uses Filters, Not a Spotlight

Podcast: Quanta Science Podcast (LS 48 · TOP 1% what is this?)
Episode: To Pay Attention, the Brain Uses Filters, Not a Spotlight
Pub date: 2020-08-27


A brain circuit that suppresses distracting sensory information holds important clues about attention and other cognitive processes.

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