158: The Science of Swallowing Shrews

Sci Guys

The Sci Guys

Science, Comedy, Education

4.9 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

What happened to the scientist who swallowed a shrew? Find out in this week’s episode! Why did he do it? Find out in this week’s episode! Was it worth it? You know where to find out…

Grab our BRAND NEW merch now http://normalcitizen.store

You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:
http://youtube.com/SciGuys

Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon!
http://patreon.com/sciguys

If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!

Facebook
http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod

Twitter
http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod

Instagram
http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod

Follow the SCI GUYS
@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

References & Further Reading
https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/030544039590008X?token=2AD5CCE378AA407CB7D48BD3909243E42FB91C109A3C51013D4CC284A751D8352AD33368BBB8589D13CA3A71D0A6ACFA&originRegion=eu-west-1&originCreation=20220329231748
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2008/jul/01/improbableresearch.highereducation
https://www.science.org/content/article/crappy-navigation-system-and-shrew-swallowing-win-sciences-highest-dishonor
https://improbable.com/ig/winners/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2421143

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hello and welcome to The Sci Guys, the show where we talk about the crazy, weird, and wonderful stories from the science world.
0:13.7	As always, I'm Corey, and I'm joined by my co-hosts, Jemp and Luke Cutford.
0:17.4	Hello!
0:18.1	Hi, howdy? This week we're talking about munching mammals and swallowing shrews.
0:32.4	But first, we have a YouTube comment.
0:34.8	Ooh.
0:35.7	Just one.
0:36.4	Yeah, just one.
0:37.5	The only one we got in the last week.
0:39.4	We're waiting for more on the channel.
0:40.9	Please.
0:42.8	So this one says, you know what I want to see them do.
0:46.6	I want them to take all of these sentience tests that they have.
0:49.8	And I really want them to test robots with it.
0:52.6	Without any of the bias of it's a robot. Heck, they could to test robots with it. Without any of the bias of it's a robot.
0:55.2	Heck, they could even test Sims with it.
0:56.8	This was on our octopus sentience episode.
0:58.5	This person is clearly asking for them to take the sentience tests that they've used for octopuses and give them to Sims.
1:04.7	Oh, okay.
1:06.2	Yeah.
1:06.9	That's a good idea, I think, right?
1:08.4	The Sims would fail.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Sci Guys, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Sci Guys and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.