Ep 139: Science... sort of - The Augmented's Lament

Science... sort of

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4.8 • 677 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2012

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

00:00:00 - Daniel H. Wilson returns to talk to us about his new novel Amped, as well as his recently published Wall Street Jounral op-ed about the futur eof human augmentation. Hear our first interview with Daniel where we discussed his first novle Robopocalypse in episode 95.

00:22:45 - Kelly has beer on the brain after trying the local craft offering: Good people coffee oatmeal stout. Charlie kicks back a Campari sprtiz and laments the loss of beetles in his beverage. And finally Ryan has an Old Engine Oil to commemorate our robotic guest.

00:26:00 - Trailer Trash Talk covers Seeking a Friend For the End of the World which forces them to think about the end and the existential questions imminent death presents, such as: Do we keep podcasting if we know an asteroid is about to destroy earth?

00:35:31 - Part 2 of our conversation with Daniel delves into the ethics of enhancement, plus there's even sports talk, and we like sports.

00:56:55 - PaleoPOWs are a lot novels. They're both new. Charlie starts off with a handsome donation from Rebecca W. Thanks, Rebecca! Ryan has a questioning comment from episode 136 left by Blaine B. And finally Kelly has a self-proclaimed enthusiastic iTunes review written by HerpetologyFTW!

Thanks for listening and be sure to check out the Brachiolope Media Network for more great science podcasts!

Music for this week's show provided by:

Amped - Cypress Hill

Good People - Jack Johnson

You've Got A Friend In Me - Randy Newman

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Daft Punk

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's hard being right all the time, right, Charlie?
0:02.2	Definitely kills conversations, so...
0:04.2	Yeah.
0:06.7	From science sort of.com, you're listening to Science Sort of.
0:10.7	You're listening to Science Sort of.
0:19.3	This is episode 139. My name's Ryan. I'll be hosting for you today.
0:25.8	And to help me talk about things that are science, things that are sort of science, and things that wish they were science are my other hosts. One of them is named Kelly.
0:33.0	Hello! The other is named Charlie. Howdy.
0:35.9	Our theme this week is the Augmented's Lament.
0:39.2	We are dedicating this show to talking to author Daniel H. Wilson,
0:44.7	Dr. Daniel H. Wilson, about his new novel, Amped,
0:48.1	as well as the future of human augmentation,
0:51.9	and how implants and prosthetics and crazy tech like that is going to affect
0:55.8	our world technologically, socially, biologically.
0:59.7	Make you obsolete.
1:00.9	Yeah, you're behind.
1:02.4	Unless this iPod is actually inside your skull, you are doing it wrong.
1:06.6	So without further ado, let's go ahead and bring in Daniel for part one of our interview about all things augmentation.
1:18.9	So we are talking to Daniel H. Wilson, who is a doctorate of robotics from Carnegie Mellon,
1:30.2	but is now an author.
1:31.7	Formerly, well, he still is the author of Robopocalypse, which is a book that we had him on
1:36.1	the show to talk about in episode 95.
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