269 - Fun Ruiners

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History, Science, Society & Culture, Natural Sciences

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🗓️ 21 November 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In a departure from our normal format, Blake and Karen discuss how science ruins all the fun of some very popular Sci-Fi/Horror tropes. Alternate Realities and the Multiverse Some thoughts about multiverses from SciAm Chronicles of Amber by Zelazny (affiliate link) (apparently I said Avalon in the ep - totally different thing. Avalon is M.Z. Bradley's retelling of the Arthurian tales from a feminist/pagan framing.) Body Swapping Gilligan's Island Body Swapping Russian Dog Head Experiment (journal) More on the Dog Head (wikipedia) Aliens in our Solar System SciAm on Aliens Looking for "alien" artifacts Cryonics This American Life segment on cryonics (powerful but disturbing) In reSearch of… Cryogenics (Note - Cryonics is freezing people for hypothetical later thawing, Cryogenics is the legit study of freezing all sorts of things.) Time Travel Twin Study Confirms Einstein Simulation Hypothesis Just how many bits would be in a model of the universe? Some pro-simulation speculation (I am not remotely convinced) You can find all our contact info here. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/monstertalk and get on your way to being your best self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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