Closer to Truth
@closertotruth.bsky.social
24 seasons and counting exploring fundamental questions in Cosmos, Life, Consciousness, and Meaning with the world's top thinkers and scientists.
"Languages die and mathematical ideas do not."
-G. H. Hardy
-G. H. Hardy
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"Languages die and mathematical ideas do not."
-G. H. Hardy
-G. H. Hardy
Could AI be truly conscious?
November 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Could AI be truly conscious?
We ask Daniel Whiteson:Is physics invented or discovered?
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We ask Daniel Whiteson:Is physics invented or discovered?
That's a wrap! Coming soon: A new Chat with @ox.ac.uk Quantum Information Professor Vlatko Vedral about his book "Portals to a New Reality: Five Experiments to Unlock the Future of Physics" and how quantum physics can help us understand ultimate reality.
October 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
That's a wrap! Coming soon: A new Chat with @ox.ac.uk Quantum Information Professor Vlatko Vedral about his book "Portals to a New Reality: Five Experiments to Unlock the Future of Physics" and how quantum physics can help us understand ultimate reality.
Can Near Death Experiences be reduced to brain activity?
October 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Can Near Death Experiences be reduced to brain activity?
Can we study parapsychology rigorously? We ask psychologist Dean Radin about he gets physics and mediums in the lab to test their alleged powers.
October 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Can we study parapsychology rigorously? We ask psychologist Dean Radin about he gets physics and mediums in the lab to test their alleged powers.
Biblical scholar James Tabor on the untold story of the Virgin Mary.
#religion #christianity #judaism
#religion #christianity #judaism
October 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Biblical scholar James Tabor on the untold story of the Virgin Mary.
#religion #christianity #judaism
#religion #christianity #judaism
Scientist and Closer to Truth contributor Dr. Susan Schneider on the AI risks that no one is talking about and more
bigthink.com/the-long-gam...
bigthink.com/the-long-gam...
September 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Scientist and Closer to Truth contributor Dr. Susan Schneider on the AI risks that no one is talking about and more
bigthink.com/the-long-gam...
bigthink.com/the-long-gam...
We ask philosopher of science Silvia Jonas: Is mathematics invented or discovered?
September 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We ask philosopher of science Silvia Jonas: Is mathematics invented or discovered?
From our HowTheLightGetsIn London series with @iai.tv: Could gravitation waves solve the issues with Big Bang Theory?
Physicists Bertacca and Jimenez propose that gravitational waves were key to the early universe and ultimately gave rise to galaxies, stars, and planets.
iai.tv/articles/new...
Physicists Bertacca and Jimenez propose that gravitational waves were key to the early universe and ultimately gave rise to galaxies, stars, and planets.
iai.tv/articles/new...
September 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
From our HowTheLightGetsIn London series with @iai.tv: Could gravitation waves solve the issues with Big Bang Theory?
Physicists Bertacca and Jimenez propose that gravitational waves were key to the early universe and ultimately gave rise to galaxies, stars, and planets.
iai.tv/articles/new...
Physicists Bertacca and Jimenez propose that gravitational waves were key to the early universe and ultimately gave rise to galaxies, stars, and planets.
iai.tv/articles/new...
Roger Penrose on Godel's theorem.
September 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Roger Penrose on Godel's theorem.
"Believe those who seek the truth. Doubt those who find it."
-Andre Gide
-Andre Gide
September 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"Believe those who seek the truth. Doubt those who find it."
-Andre Gide
-Andre Gide
Great conversation yesterday with @blaiseaguera.bsky.social on all things AI. Stay tuned!
#artificialintelligence
#artificialintelligence
August 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Great conversation yesterday with @blaiseaguera.bsky.social on all things AI. Stay tuned!
#artificialintelligence
#artificialintelligence
Is virtual immortality possible?
August 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Is virtual immortality possible?
What is the real purpose of cognition? We ask neuroanthropologist Terrence Deacon for his answer.
July 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
What is the real purpose of cognition? We ask neuroanthropologist Terrence Deacon for his answer.
Our good friend and CTT contributor John Leslie was recently interviewed for Religious Studies from @universitypress.cambridge.org.
Read about John's time working in advertising before he became a philosopher, his development and defense of Axiarchism, and more.
philpapers.org/archive/LOUA...
Read about John's time working in advertising before he became a philosopher, his development and defense of Axiarchism, and more.
philpapers.org/archive/LOUA...
July 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Our good friend and CTT contributor John Leslie was recently interviewed for Religious Studies from @universitypress.cambridge.org.
Read about John's time working in advertising before he became a philosopher, his development and defense of Axiarchism, and more.
philpapers.org/archive/LOUA...
Read about John's time working in advertising before he became a philosopher, his development and defense of Axiarchism, and more.
philpapers.org/archive/LOUA...
“A scientific world-view which does not profoundly come to terms with the problem of conscious minds can have no serious pretensions of completeness.”
― Roger Penrose
― Roger Penrose
July 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“A scientific world-view which does not profoundly come to terms with the problem of conscious minds can have no serious pretensions of completeness.”
― Roger Penrose
― Roger Penrose
Neuroscientist Anil Seth on practical materialism as a consciousness theory.
#consciousness #neuroscience #science #philosophy
#consciousness #neuroscience #science #philosophy
July 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Neuroscientist Anil Seth on practical materialism as a consciousness theory.
#consciousness #neuroscience #science #philosophy
#consciousness #neuroscience #science #philosophy
Will we ever know the theory of everything? Answers from our rapid fire round with @seanmcarroll.bsky.social.
#physics #cosmology #theoreticalphysics #philosophy
#physics #cosmology #theoreticalphysics #philosophy
July 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Will we ever know the theory of everything? Answers from our rapid fire round with @seanmcarroll.bsky.social.
#physics #cosmology #theoreticalphysics #philosophy
#physics #cosmology #theoreticalphysics #philosophy
We said goodbye to an extraordinary thinker and a dear friend over the weekend. Helen De Cruz was a renowned philosopher of cognitive science, mind, religion, art, and the humanities, and a remarkable human being.
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June 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We said goodbye to an extraordinary thinker and a dear friend over the weekend. Helen De Cruz was a renowned philosopher of cognitive science, mind, religion, art, and the humanities, and a remarkable human being.
closertotruth.com/news/helen-d...
closertotruth.com/news/helen-d...
"Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality."
— Richard Courant
— Richard Courant
June 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality."
— Richard Courant
— Richard Courant
June 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Computational neuroscientist Terry Sejnowski on applying theory of mind to AI.
June 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Computational neuroscientist Terry Sejnowski on applying theory of mind to AI.
Sara Imari Walker on how information shapes life and our universe.
#physics #physicist #theoreticalphysics #astrobiology
#physics #physicist #theoreticalphysics #astrobiology
June 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Sara Imari Walker on how information shapes life and our universe.
#physics #physicist #theoreticalphysics #astrobiology
#physics #physicist #theoreticalphysics #astrobiology
Leonard Susskind on the biggest paradox in physics: Black holes vs. Quantum mechanics.
#theoreticalphysics #physicist #blackholes #quantumphysics
#theoreticalphysics #physicist #blackholes #quantumphysics
May 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Leonard Susskind on the biggest paradox in physics: Black holes vs. Quantum mechanics.
#theoreticalphysics #physicist #blackholes #quantumphysics
#theoreticalphysics #physicist #blackholes #quantumphysics