Archive for October 2013

240. AI, Sentience, Consciousness, and Extinction

Posted on October 31, 2013, 7:38 pm, by Phil Farrand, under podcast.

Reviewing the article “Why We Should Think About the Threat of Artificial Intelligence,” by Gary Marcus.

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239. Coincidence, Cancer, Death, and Heroes

Posted on October 24, 2013, 8:00 pm, by Phil Farrand, under podcast.

Reviewing the TED talk, “We need a heroic narrative for death” by Amanda Bennett

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238. Oreos, Cocaine, Coping, and Flesh

Posted on October 17, 2013, 6:59 pm, by Phil Farrand, under podcast.

Reviewing the week and a pair of related articles

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237. Cells, Viruses, War, and Design

Posted on October 10, 2013, 7:12 pm, by Phil Farrand, under podcast.

Discussing the BBC Special: The Hidden Life of a Cell

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236. Goverments, Shutdowns, Heirarchies, and Individuals

Posted on October 4, 2013, 3:45 pm, by Phil Farrand, under podcast.

Reviewing our vacation to Washington DC, before and after the shutdowns.

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235. Rape, Rage, Memory, and Flesh

Posted on October 4, 2013, 3:44 pm, by Phil Farrand, under podcast.

Reviewing a TED Talk by Elizabeth Loftus called “The fiction of memory”

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