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Have you ever wondered why the world seems so complex and chaotic? How do we make sense of it all? This new video/audio podcast series, “Making Sense of Complexity”, will feature conversations with complexity science practitioners and philosophers on the deep and fascinating findings of complexity science. How do we make sense of the uncertain and seemingly incomprehensible world we live in. Hosted by George Gantz, the production is a collaboration with Spiral Inquiry, Planksip, Talk of Toda ...
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Join George Gantz on this spiral journey as we inquire into topics at the intersection of scientific knowledge, human experience, and spiritual insight, in the effort to understand, to grow, to change, and to make the future a better place. Explore a diverse collection of essays, podcasts, and videos. Please add your voice to this learning community.
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Making Sense of Complexity features conversations with complexity science practitioners and philosophers on the deep and fascinating findings of complexity science. How do we make sense of the uncertain and seemingly incomprehensible world we live in? Hosted by George Gantz, the production is a collaboration with Spiral Inquiry, Planksip, Talk of T…
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Making Sense of Complexity features conversations with complexity science practitioners and philosophers on the deep and fascinating findings of complexity science. How do we make sense of the uncertain and seemingly incomprehensible world we live in? Hosted by George Gantz, the production is a collaboration with Spiral Inquiry, Planksip, Talk of T…
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Making Sense of Complexity features conversations with complexity science practitioners and philosophers on the deep and fascinating findings of complexity science. How do we make sense of the uncertain and seemingly incomprehensible world we live in? Hosted by George Gantz, the production is a collaboration with Spiral Inquiry, Planksip, Talk of T…
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Episode Description Today our guest is noted mathematician and author of The Outer Limits of Reason, Dr. Noson S. Yanofsky. Noson is a professor of computer and information science. Noson has the remarkable ability to explain complex issues in mathematics and logic in plain language. His areas of focus include Category Theory, Complexity Theory, an…
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Making Sense of Complexity features conversations with complexity science practitioners and philosophers on the deep and fascinating findings of complexity science. How do we make sense of the uncertain and seemingly incomprehensible world we live in? Hosted by George Gantz, the production is a collaboration with Spiral Inquiry, Planksip, Talk of T…
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Making Sense of Complexity features conversations with complexity science practitioners and philosophers on the deep and fascinating findings of complexity science. How do we make sense of the uncertain and seemingly incomprehensible world we live in? Hosted by George Gantz, the production is a collaboration with Spiral Inquiry, Planksip, Talk of T…
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Making Sense of Complexity features conversations with complexity science practitioners and philosophers on the deep and fascinating findings of complexity science. How do we make sense of the uncertain and seemingly incomprehensible world we live in? Hosted by George Gantz, the production is a collaboration with Spiral Inquiry, Planksip, Talk of T…
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Making Sense of Complexity features conversations with complexity science practitioners and philosophers on the deep and fascinating findings of complexity science. How do we make sense of the uncertain and seemingly incomprehensible world we live in? Hosted by George Gantz, the production is a collaboration with Spiral Inquiry, Planksip, Talk of T…
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Making Sense of Complexity features conversations with complexity science practitioners and philosophers on the deep and fascinating findings of complexity science. How do we make sense of the uncertain and seemingly incomprehensible world we live in? Hosted by George Gantz, the production is a collaboration with Spiral Inquiry, Planksip, Talk of T…
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Making Sense of Complexity features conversations with complexity science practitioners and philosophers on the deep and fascinating findings of complexity science. How do we make sense of the uncertain and seemingly incomprehensible world we live in? Hosted by George Gantz, the production is a collaboration with Spiral Inquiry, Planksip, Talk of T…
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Making Sense of Complexity features conversations with complexity science practitioners and philosophers on the deep and fascinating findings of complexity science. How do we make sense of the uncertain and seemingly incomprehensible world we live in? Hosted by George Gantz, the production is a collaboration with Spiral Inquiry, Planksip, Talk of T…
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Making Sense of Complexity features conversations with complexity science practitioners and philosophers on the deep and fascinating findings of complexity science. How do we make sense of the uncertain and seemingly incomprehensible world we live in? Hosted by George Gantz, the production is a collaboration with Spiral Inquiry, Planksip, Talk of T…
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Making Sense of Complexity features conversations with complexity science practitioners and philosophers on the deep and fascinating findings of complexity science. How do we make sense of the uncertain and seemingly incomprehensible world we live in? The series will explore the fascinating findings of chaos theory, dynamic system behaviors, entrop…
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There are strange things going on in the worlds of mathematics, computer science, physics, and consciousness. In 2020, the Foundational Questions Institute Essay Contest was looking for answers to the puzzles of undecidability, uncomputability, and unpredictability. Join me as we explore the intersections of mathematics, physics and consciousness i…
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Today we complete a personal journey, a recounting of how my understanding of the world developed and evolved. I started with a mindset committed to absolute empirical truth, but in a painful and sometimes joyful process of discovery, I've come to a deeper understanding and appreciation for the mystery and beauty of creation and my place in it. Suc…
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Today we begin a personal journey, as I recount the story of how my understanding of the world developed and evolved. I started with a mindset committed to absolute empirical truth, but in a painful and sometimes joyful process of discovery, I've come to a deeper understanding and appreciation for the mystery and beauty of creation and my place in …
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The topic today is "Thinking Beyond the Empirical Frontiers", an essay I originally presented at the Science and Non-Duality Conference in San Jose, CA in October 2017. Thinking is what we do to make sense of the world. Yes, we have emotional and spiritual content in our experience, but we are cognitive sentient beings. We seek to build a cognitive…
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in 2017, The Foundational Questions Institute sponsored an essay contest with the title "Wandering Towards a Goal: How can Mindless Mathematical Laws Give Rise to Aims and Intention?". I argue that we have a choice. Whether to believe the Universe is Random or Purposeful. So here is essay "The How and the Why of Emergence and Intention".…
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This is Part 2 of "The Empirical Standard for Knowing: Faith Misplaced". Today we will explore anomalies in quantum physics, logic, and mathematics, and then suggest some modifications to the empirical tenants of faith. Changes that I believe offer a more fruitful approach to the continuing efforts to expand our knowledge and understanding of the w…
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In 2016, The Institute for Religion in an Age of Science devoted their conference to the topic "How Can We Know: Co-Creating Knowledge in Perilous Times". They invited me to submit a paper on The Empirical Standard for Knowing: Faith Misplaced. We are going to cover this material in two parts. Today, in part 1, I will introduce the articles of fait…
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The topic today is the Hole at the Center of Creation, an essay submitted in the 2015 FQXI contest. The topic for the contest was "trick or truth", on the mysterious connection between physics and mathematics. The essay points out that in pursuing fundamental questions on the nature of creation, logical order, and of consciousness, we are led inexo…
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The evidence is clear – there is a new emergent phenomenon arising from the global integration of human knowledge and aspirations linked through advanced networks. As in each previous emergence of higher-order from lower, the behaviors that evolve from the complex interaction of the individual components cannot be predicted. Can we influence the tr…
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On this episode experience the fascinating and intriguing conversation with Head Basketball Coach of LeMelo Ball, Rocket Watts and other sensational players in the country at Spire Basketball Academy in Geneva, OH. The ladies of Through The Nets dig into the life and basketball practices and beliefs to help understand the advantages and disadvantag…
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Author of "He is NOT A Statistic" 12 Laws for Single Mothers Raising Black Males, Dr. Sabrina Jackson talks with the cast of Through The Nets to share her story and successes of raising her amazing son Marcel Smith. She provides the ladies and the audience with thought provoking advice, actions and decisions to help improve the character of both ou…
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