Ep 156: Science... sort of - Mars 'n' Stars

Science... sort of

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4.8 • 677 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2012

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

00:00:00 - Not to alarm you, but it's possible we're all living in a simulation (see Rationally Speaking for a primer). Some physicists have thought up a measurement that might prove our reality or show it for the farce it is. Ben poo poos, and the conversation meanders back and forth between philosophy and physics, eventually just settling on The Matrix.

00:36:28 - Drinks can help you simulate happiness. Ben enjoys the oddly spelled Jamaican Cream Soda Sof Drink. Charlie has risks his tongue trying the Voodoo Bacon Maple Ale made from Rogue. And Ryan experiments with a quinoa old-fashioned mixed up with Corsair's new Quinoa Whiskey.

00:44:42 - Trailer Trash Talk tackles the legacy of 007 by breaking down our thoughts on the upcoming 23rd installment of secret agent James Bond, Skyfall.

00:59:34 - Methane on Mars, if it's there the Curiosity rover intends to find it. Charlie helps break down what such a discovery would mean, and the instrumentation that could make it happen.

01:13:147 - PaleoPOWs are a lot like methane on Mars. Hard to detect and we're not sure what they mean if we we find them. Ben has an e-mail from Steven, a fan of Feynman, asking our thoughts on new forms of higher learning like the Khan Academy? A lively discussion on the efficacy of lectures ensues. And be sure to go hear Ben participate in a panel discussion of education in podcasting from Podcast Squared. Ryan reads an iTunes review from Rob G. who makes sure to give his dog longer walks to listen to the show. Good for the dog, good for Rob's brain. And Charlie has an update from Temporal Tony about the merits of being a science teacher over an actual researcher as well as getting an NSF grant to study extremophiles in China even after citing this very show in her personal statement. Risky move, Tony.

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:

The Grid - Daft Punk

Voodoo Child - Jimi Hendrix

James Bond Theme - Moby

At War With The Sun - The Big Pink

Transcript

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0:00.0	What are we doing?
0:01.1	We're doing, what are we drinking?
0:02.5	But I wanted to make sure we figured out the...
0:05.2	Good.
0:08.3	Okay.
0:12.2	I just forgot what was going on, and then you reminded me.
0:15.4	You're a good leader, right?
0:17.7	I've just slightly more focused on the rest of you.
0:20.1	That's my only attribute.
0:22.8	From science sort of.com, you're listening to Science Sort of.
0:30.8	Hello, welcome to Science Sort of.
0:36.4	This is episode 156, back in saddle podcasting for you about things that are science, things that are sort of science, and things that wish they were science. My name is Ryan. I'll be your host tonight and joining me to talk about that list of things that I just mentioned is Charlie. Happy Halloween. And Ben. Good evening, everybody. Good evening, Ben. Hi. So, I'm not sure how to
0:58.2	introduce this story, I guess other than to say that it's possible we're all living in the
1:03.3	Matrix and don't know it. And some scientists, some physicist types have come up with a potential
1:10.6	measurement that could actually tell us whether or not we're living in a simulation.
1:14.9	This is known as the simulation hypothesis.
1:16.7	It's something that physicists and philosophers like to bandy about back and forth.
1:20.8	And it's pretty interesting stuff on a large scale.
1:23.9	Massimo and his co-host, Julia, did a podcast on this on rationally speaking was one of
1:29.1	their live shows, and it's really fascinating. So if you're looking for a bit of a primer on
1:34.1	the simulation hypothesis, I suggest you go listen to that. I'll dig it up and throw a link in the
1:38.5	show notes. But the story we're talking about specifically is from the physics archive blog,
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