Stephen Hsu
Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University.
Appears in 149 Episodes
Harvard Veritas: interview with a recent graduate (anonymous) — #18
The guest for this episode is a recent graduate of Harvard College, now pursuing a STEM PhD at another elite university.
Richard Lowery: The War for American Universities — #17
Richard Lowery is a professor of finance at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas, Austin.
Tim Palmer (Oxford): Status and Future of Climate Modeling — #16
Tim Palmer is Royal Society Research Professor in Climate Physics, and a Senior Fellow at the Oxford Martin Institute.
Kishore Mahbubani: A Nuanced View of Asia & China's Rise — #15
Kishore Mahbubani is Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
Greg Clark: Genetics and Social Mobility — #14
Gregory Clark is Distinguished Professor of Economics at UC-Davis. His areas of research are long-term economic growth, the wealth of nations, economic history, and so...
John Mearsheimer: Great Powers, U.S. Hegemony, and the Rise of China — #13
John Mearsheimer is best known for developing the theory of offensive realism, which describes the interaction between great powers as being primarily driven by the ra...
Theodore A. Postol: Nuclear Weapons, Missile Technology, and U.S. Diplomacy — #12
Theodore A. Postol is professor emeritus of Science, Technology, and International Security at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is widely known as an expe...
Raghuveer Parthasarathy: The Four Physical Principles — #11
Raghu Parthasarathy is the author of a recent popular science book: So Simple a Beginning: How Four Physical Principles Shape Our Living World.
Carl Zha: Xinjiang, Ukraine, and U.S.-China relations — #10
Carl Zha is the host of the Silk and Steel podcast, which focuses on China, history, culture, and politics.
Scott Aaronson: Quantum Computing, Unsolvable Problems, & Artificial Intelligence — #9
Scott Aaronson is the David J. Bruton Centennial Professor of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin, and director of its Quantum Information Center.
Sebastian Mallaby: Venture capital as an engine of courage — #8
Steve Hsu and Sebastian Mallaby discuss venture capital, tech startups, business model and technology innovation, global adoption of the Silicon Valley model, and the ...
Vlatko Vedral: Oxford Theoretical Physicist on Quantum Superposition of Living Creatures — #7
Vlatko Vedral is Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford and Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) at the National University of Singapore. ...
Richard Sander: Affirmative Action, Mismatch Theory, & Academic Freedom — #6
Richard Sander is Jesse Dukeminier Professor at UCLA Law School.
Shai Carmi: Polygenic risk scores & embryo screening — #5
Shai Carmi is Professor of Statistical and Medical Genetics at Hebrew University (Jerusalem).
Jon Y (Asianometry) on Semiconductor Tech and U.S.-China Competition — #4
Steve and Jon discuss the global semiconductor industry with an emphasis on U.S.-China technology competition.
Richard Hanania: Wokeness, Public Choice Theory, & Geostrategy — #3
Richard Hanania is President of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology.
Steve Hsu Q&A: Complex trait prediction in Genomics, and Genomic Prediction / Embryo Selection
Steve answers questions about recent progress in AI/ML prediction of complex traits from DNA and applications in embryo selection.
James Lee on Polygenic Prediction and Embryo Selection — #1
James Lee discusses recent progress in the genomic prediction of complex traits such as cognitive ability and educational attainment.
Warren Hatch on Seeing the Future in the Era of COVID-19 – #50
Steve and Corey talk to Warren Hatch, President and CEO of Good Judgment Inc.
Leif Wenar on the Resource Curse and Impact Philosophy – #49
Corey and Steve interview Leif Wenar, Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University and author of Blood Oil.