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The Thin End

A journey of discovery of what makes us who we are and the choices we make through topical issues

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Spinning The Wheels of Thinking Part Two

Thursday Jan 18, 2018

Spinning The Wheels of Thinking Part Two

Thursday Jan 18, 2018

In this second part of a two part series, Denis and Ray Noble continue their discussion about the nature of thinking.  

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Spinning The Wheels of Thinking Part One

Thursday Jan 18, 2018

Spinning The Wheels of Thinking Part One

Thursday Jan 18, 2018

On location in the Perigord with noise of  cockerels in the background, Denis Noble discusses with Ray Noble ideas about thinking. They start by considering the problems of dualist logic.   

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Imagine Brexit doesn't mean Brexit

Wednesday Jun 28, 2017

Imagine Brexit doesn't mean Brexit

Wednesday Jun 28, 2017

With negotations underway Ray Noble considers  the reality of Brexit. The phony war is over. The truth is understood. Brexit isn't good. It isn't good for the economy, for jobs, for health and social care, for research, for fighting climate change, and so the negotiations now turn on how to ameliorate the harm it will do.

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The Cry of the Wolf - Apes, culture and intentions

Sunday Jun 25, 2017

The Cry of the Wolf - Apes, culture and intentions

Sunday Jun 25, 2017

We are not alone in having a sense of fairness and justice. It is present in other cooperative mammals.  In this episode of The Thin End Ray Noble considers intentions and purposive behaviour in wolves, apes and humans and its ethical consequences. 

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Lynn Margulis - The Vindicated Rebel

Friday May 05, 2017

Lynn Margulis - The Vindicated Rebel

Friday May 05, 2017

The Thin End discusses the work and influence of the evolutionaly biologist Lynn Margulis with Jim MacAillister, archivist for the Lynn Margulis Archive at University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Jim was a student and colleague of Lynn Margulis for the last decade of her life and converted her teaching materials and research video library to digital files.  Here he shares some of his insights into the life and work of an extraordinary scientist and scholar.  

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Dialogue with Perry Marshall

Thursday Apr 13, 2017

Dialogue with Perry Marshall

Thursday Apr 13, 2017

Perry Marshall discusses with the Thin End his jouney of discovery and the background to writing his book Evolution 2.0. 

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Science and the Neo-Darwinian Dogma

Friday Mar 10, 2017

Science and the Neo-Darwinian Dogma

Friday Mar 10, 2017

The Thin End has been to the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies to discuss with Geoffrey Bamford how the Neo-Darwinian 'modern synthesis' has become a dogma by creating a rigid belief system. 

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Evolution and The One-Eyed Watchmaker

Sunday Feb 05, 2017

Evolution and The One-Eyed Watchmaker

Sunday Feb 05, 2017

In this second dialogue, Denis Noble, author of Dance to the Tune of LIfe, discusses whether there can be purpose and direction in evolution. 

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Dialogue with Denis Noble

Wednesday Nov 16, 2016

Dialogue with Denis Noble

Wednesday Nov 16, 2016

Thin End discusses with Professor Denis Noble his new book Dance to the Tune of Life and new ideas on evolution. 

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Trump's folly?

Sunday Nov 13, 2016

Trump's folly?

Sunday Nov 13, 2016

Trump says he wants to cancel the 2015 Paris agreement combatting climate change. It is an agreement signed by almost 200 nations. Is this Trump’s folly? Or do we need a new global politics?

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