Audiolog

An audio link blog from James King, packaged as a podcast.
Published about once a week.

Ep 36 15 September 2026 13m

Science practices

Clips from Bruno Latour, Michael Lewis, Brian Wynne and Robert Miles.

3m 27s

Bruno Latour on crossing the divide between science and the practice of science. How this threatens people that see social explanations of science as a debunking of science. "They believe that the object that they describe does not really exist".

How to think about science, episode 5

3m 50s

Michael Lewis explains why an economics degree is a prerequisite for working in finance, even though the knowledge isn't used in finance.

Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis

3m 23s

David Cayley interviewing Brian Wynne on how science creates ignorance as well as knowledge.

How to think about science, episode 10

2m 11s

Robert Miles on how to think about AI "thinking".

The AI Language We Can't Read: Neuralese ft. Rob Miles - Computerphile