SciTechTalk Mission

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Mission of Internet Talk Radio Station "SciTechTalk"

(Talk Radio about Science and Technology in the broadest sense)

Objectives(s):

"Thought provoking information"
as a means of stimulation of the imagination of the listeners.

Purpose (s):

Collecting, organizing and making accessible
all available information on scientific and technical topics
with a special focus on current developments in
new science insights and emerging technologies.

Thought provoking information will be used to generate animated interaction
with the listeners !

SciTechTalk strives to interact with listeners on the Internet Radio Station
and with visitors to the accompanying website SciTechTalk.
This in order to synchronize the interests of the listening and reading public
to the content of the broadcasted radio programs and the content of the website.
SciTechTalk will do that,
for example through polls, surveys and votings on its website.
But also by inviting listeners on a regular basis
to participate actively in the broadcasts,
by giving them the opportunity to also call in to SciTechTalk BroadCast (via Skype)
with questions and contributions, whether or not live, or pre recorded.

Means to achieve this:

1) Internet Radio Station (talks, interviews, themes, specials, live events, documentaries, etc.)
2) content-rich Web site associated with the station

Talks

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These are the SciTechTalk talks.

You can choose talks in Dutch or in English.

Dit zijn de SciTechTalk talks.

U kunt Nederlandse of Engelse talks kiezen.

SciTechTalk Motto

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Motto / Slogan for SciTechTalk Internet Talk Radio:

"We must know, we will know !" - mathematician David Hilbert (1930)

The Latin maxim ignoramus et ignorabimus, meaning "we do not know and will not know",
stood for a position on the limits of scientific knowledge,
in the thought of the nineteenth century.

(Ignorabimus: statement that the truth can never be known).

It was given credibility by Emil du Bois-Reymond, a German physiologist,
in his Über die Grenzen des Naturerkennens
("On the limits of our understanding of nature") of 1872.

Hilbert's reaction

On the 8th of September 1930, the mathematician David Hilbert pronounced his disagreement
in a celebrated address to the Society of German Scientists and Physicians, in Königsberg:

We must not believe those, who today, with philosophical bearing and deliberative tone,
prophesy the fall of culture and accept the ignorabimus.
For us there is no ignorabimus, and in my opinion none whatever in natural science.

In opposition to the foolish ignorabimus our slogan shall be:

    Wir müssen wissen — wir werden wissen! ('We must know — we will know!')

Even before that he said: "In mathematics there is no ignorabimus."

Hilbert worked with other formalists to establish concrete foundations
for mathematics  in the early 20th century.

However, Gödel's incompleteness theorems showed in 1931 that no finite system of axioms,
if complex enough to express our usual arithmetic, could ever fulfill the goals
of Hilbert's program, demonstrating many of Hilbert's aims impossible,
and establishing limits on mathematical knowledge.

Hilbert's 1930 radio adress in Konigsbergen, Germany:

1. Audio:        http://math.sfsu.edu/smith/Documents/HilbertRadio/HilbertRadio.mp3

2. Transcript:  http://math.sfsu.edu/smith/Documents/HilbertRadio/HilbertRadio.pdf

Ignorabimus (statement that the truth can never be known)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignoramus_et_ignorabimus

Hilbert's program:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert's_problems

About SciTechTalk

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This is the website belonging to the Internet Talk Radio Station SciTechTalk,
where you can listen to spoken information about subjects from science and technology in the broadest sense.
On this Internet Radio station I will cover new subjects in these fields regularly.

You will be given the opportunity to react to the subjects covered,
e.g. by email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
You are very welcome to give your questions, remarks, suggestions
for subjects to be covered and all other reactions on this email address !

You can listen to SciTechTalk most of the week (24 hours a day, 7 days a week in principle).
Program listings, news and interesting facts you can always find on this website of SciTechTalk.

Constructed and maintained by Jan Bours

© 2024

Dit is de website die hoort bij Internet Talk Radio Station SciTechTalk,
waarop u kunt luisteren naar gesproken informatie over onderwerpen uit wetenschap en techniek in de breedste zin van het woord.
Via dit Internet Radio station zal ik regelmatig nieuwe onderwerpen op die gebieden behandelen.

U zult in de gelegenheid worden gesteld om te reageren op de behandelde onderwerpen,
bijvoorbeeld via email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
U wordt van harte uitgenodigd om op dat email adres uw vragen, opmerkingen,
suggesties voor te behandelen onderwerpen en alle overige reacties achter te laten !

U kunt naar SciTechTalk luisteren het grootste deel van de week (in principe 24 uur per dag, 7 dagen per week).
Programma overzicht, nieuws en wetenswaardigheden kunt u altijd vinden
op deze website van SciTechTalk.

Gemaakt en onderhouden door Jan Bours

© 2019

 Scan one of these QR-Codes to get a listen-link for SciTechTalk talk radio:

 UPDATED ON 25-10-2013

1 - SciTechTalk AAC+ stream, 96 kbps (Highest quality audio):

2 - SciTechTalk MP3 stream, 96 kbps:

3 - SciTechTalk MP3 stream, 24 kbps (for mobile users and users with small bandwidth):