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Science in Perspective

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Science in Perspective examines scientific work by changing the level of description. Instead of isolating parts, it looks at how structure, information, and constraints give rise to behavior across systems.

Each episode starts from real research and asks what patterns remain when the details are stripped away. The focus is not on results alone, but on the organizing principles that recur across physics, biology, cognition, and social systems.

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  • Stop Forcing Quantum to Think Classically: What Google Got Right, and Wrong, about Quantum Supremacy
    Nov 2 2025

    In this episode I discuss Google’s new Willow chip and its claim of quantum supremacy — what the experiment actually did, why the benchmark still reflects classical thinking, and why forcing quantum systems to behave like deterministic machines misses their true potential. Instead of celebrating speed alone, we explore the deeper question: should quantum computing aim to mimic classical algorithms, or unlock genuinely emergent behavior the way nature does?

    Suggested Reading
    https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03300-4 (nature announcement)
    https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.19550 (Google's echo paper)

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01908-7.pdf (Vibronic coupling paper)

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    42 m
  • When Math Starts Creating Nature
    Oct 22 2025

    In this video I discuss how three seemingly unrelated studies—from quantum time crystals to galactic vortices to heart rhythms—reveal the same underlying pattern of emergence, where mathematics itself generates new structures through feedback and interaction.

    Suggested Reading:
    https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.16141
    https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.02297
    https://bmcsystbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12918-017-0422-4

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    41 m
  • Cool the World, Wreck the System: The Illusion of Control
    Oct 1 2025

    In this episode I discuss geoengineering, focusing on the UK’s proposed aerosol project to reflect sunlight and reduce global temperatures. I explain the greenhouse effect and why gases like CO₂ and methane trap heat, before turning to the deeper issue of naive intervention—our tendency to assume linear, one-to-one outcomes in inherently complex systems. I discuss the concept of causal opacity, where true causes in interconnected systems are inaccessible, and emphasize nonlinear dynamics as the universal mechanism driving unpredictable side effects and potential collapse. The larger point is that policy and science must respect complexity rather than oversimplify it.

    Suggested Reading

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/22/uk-scientists-outdoor-geoengineering-experiments

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    31 m
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