A podcast hosted by Mathematica’s J.B. Wogan that examines what we know about today’s most urgent challenges and how we can make progress in addressing them. Reimagining the way the world gathers and uses data, Mathematica uncovers the evidence that offers our partners the confidence and clarity they need to find out what can be done, how to make it happen, and where to go next.
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Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha and the Wolfram Language; the author of A New Kind of Science; and the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research. Over the course of nearly four decades, he has been a pioneer in the development and application of computational thinking—and has been responsible for many discoveries, inventions and innovations in science, technology and business. On his podcast, Stephen discusses topics ranging from the history of science to the future of ...
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Bertrand Russell wrote 'Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy' while imprisoned for protesting Britain's involvement in World War I. Russell summarizes the significance of the momentous work of mathematicians in the late nineteenth-century. He further describes his own philosophy of mathematics, Logicism (the view that all mathematical truths are logical truths), and his earlier, influential work solving the paradoxes that plagued mathematical foundations, which crystallized after ten year ...
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Stephen Wolfram Readings: Can AI Solve Science?
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Stephen reads a recent blog from https://writings.stephenwolfram.com and then answers questions live from his viewers. Read the blog along with Stephen: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2024/03/can-ai-solve-science/ Watch the original livestream on YouTube: https://youtu.be/goYaSkxG8LA
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Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [August 25, 2023]
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Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Could we be inside of a black hole? Can biological life survive? - Would something trapped in the liminal space between the event horiz…
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Business, Innovation, and Managing Life (August 23, 2023)
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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qa Questions include: Just saw your new blog about Ed Fredkin–what an interesting read! What was writing the blog like? Do you enjoy these m…
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116 | Applying AI to Improve Health Policy Research
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The latest episode of On the Evidence features an interview with Mathematica’s Ngan MacDonald about the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) for improving health care through data analytics. MacDonald recently joined Mathematica as the company’s director of health data innovations, where she leads a team of data scientists that help public …
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Future of Science & Technology Q&A (August 18, 2023)
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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Do you think houses are going to change much in the future? Will we reach the age of true "smart houses"? - Within the next 20 years…
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History of Science & Technology Q&A (August 16, 2023)
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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Do you know the history of the invention of OCR (Optical character recognition)? - With recent developments, can you talk about the …
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Business, Innovation, and Managing Life (August 9, 2023)
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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qa Questions include: What are the challenges of working in interdisciplinary fields? - What do you make of one-person businesses? They seem…
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Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [August 4, 2023]
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Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: What would a bio-computer look like? - Interesting to think whether John Conway's Life is a kind of life. Can you grow life from a computer pr…
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115 | Improving the Impact of Social Programs Through Better Evaluation
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A new episode of Mathematica’s On the Evidence podcast explores the idea that a more comprehensive approach to evaluation, including study of a program’s design and implementation, maximizes a program’s chances of success. The episode draws from a convening in January at Mathematica’s D.C. office at which experts from the federal government, philan…
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History of Science & Technology Q&A (August 2, 2023)
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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Do we know what the first piece of technology was? - If Alan Turing had not died at age 41, what might he have worked on during the…
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Business, Innovation, and Managing Life (July 26, 2023)
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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qa Questions include: Did you see the Oppenheimer movie? If so, what were your thoughts? - What are the things one should do to prepare ones…
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History of Science & Technology Q&A (July 19, 2023)
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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Can you discuss a bit of your personal history with AI? When did you first become interested in the idea? - Have you seen Oppenheime…
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Future of Science and Technology Q&A: Live from the Wolfram Summer School (July 7, 2023)
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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Can you comment on the future of LLMs being running in the cloud vs. being run on one's local machine? - Does the NANOGrav discovery…
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114 | How Virtual and Group Tutoring Could Address Learning Loss
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The COVID-19 pandemic is no longer a public health emergency, but its harmful effects on the U.S. education system still linger. Nationwide standardized test scores show that average student achievement in core subjects, such as math and reading, remains below pre-pandemic levels. Over the past four years, a growing number of schools have used temp…
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Future of Science & Technology Q&A (June 16, 2023)
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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: What's there to say about the future of neural nets? - Neural nets could evolve to be able to be trainers? What are the limits? - It…
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Business, Innovation, and Managing Life (June 14, 2023)
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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qa Questions include: How do you balance work and life? Do you have advice for maintaining a healthy lifestyle while working? How do you fin…
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Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [June 9, 2023]
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Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Could the expansion of the universe affect biological evolution? - How much does the sky weigh? How much does the Earth weigh? - What w…
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History of Science & Technology Q&A (June 7, 2023)
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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: How did scientific disciplines originate and evolve through the centuries? - Do you think Apple's new VR headset will be much differ…
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U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Santos on the Importance of Diversity and Culturally Relevant Methods in Public Policy Research
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On the five-year anniversary of Mathematica’s On the Evidence podcast, we’re proud to feature an interview with Robert Santos, the director of the U.S. Census Bureau. Santos, the first Latino and the second person of color to lead the agency, joined Mathematica in January for a wide-ranging conversation that covered the following topics: • changing…
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113 | An interview with U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Santos
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On the five-year anniversary of Mathematica’s On the Evidence podcast, we’re proud to feature an interview with Robert Santos, the director of the U.S. Census Bureau. Santos, the first Latino and the second person of color to lead the agency, joined Mathematica in January for a wide-ranging conversation that covered the following topics: • changing…
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Future of Science & Technology Q&A (June 2, 2023)
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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Do you think the latest electric car is worth buying these days? What is the future of cars? - With technology integration, would we…
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Future of Science & Technology Q&A (May 19, 2023)
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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Aside from faster processing speeds, what are some other ways computers may be improved in the future? - Will we still use books in …
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Business, Innovation, and Managing Life (May 31, 2023)
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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qa Questions include: Do you think LLMs will give everyone something akin to a personal McKinsey consultant? - How much efficiency is lost b…
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Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [May 26, 2023]
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Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Is it possible to create more universe? - Why does running my Waterpik interrupt Bluetooth connections? - In third grade, I had an argum…
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112 | Lessons for States Interested in Hospital Global Budgeting
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This episode of Mathematica’s On the Evidence podcast explores lessons from Maryland, with glimpses from Vermont and Pennsylvania, that could help other states decide whether and how to adopt hospital global budgeting. The guests for this episode are Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, who was the secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygien…
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History of Science & Technology Q&A (May 24, 2023)
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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Are the stars and constellations we see today the same that were seen by the ancient civilizations who first studied them? Do star p…
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Business, Innovation, and Managing Life (May 17, 2023)
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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qa Questions include: From a leadership standpoint, what are your best teachings on how to lead with purpose? What is your leadership style?…
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Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [May 12, 2023]
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Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Why is it important that the periodic table is structured as a table rather than a list of elements? - Is the periodic table just the ta…
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