Ep 166: Science... sort of - Paradigm Shifted

Science... sort of

Brachiolope

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4.8 • 677 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2013

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

00:00:00 - We get a bit distracted talking about mythical winds in the opening but that soon blows over and we're left with part 1 of Ryan's interview with Daniel H. Wilson about his novel Amped coming out in paperback as well as the history of sci-fi writing and the state of modern book burners.

00:26:23 - Since Daniel told us about his favorite Portland brews and donuts, Ryan braves Rogue's Voodoo Doughnut Bacon Maple Ale, which was not good, but thanks to a donation from James K. was able to wash it down with a Shocktop Midnight Wheat. Thanks, James! Patrick was also gifted a beer by his sister Courtney, in this case a Newcastle Werewolf which is about as disappointing as all the werewolf movies Patrick has forced his wife to sit through. On the other hand, Charlie is loving his Rockwall Wine Company Zinfandel.

00:36:54 - This week we try something a bit different for Trailer Trash Talk by pondering the future of TV on demand thanks to Netflix's ambitious House of Cards.

00:52:31 - Time for part 2 of Ryan's interview with author Daniel H. Wilson. This time: Turing tests, Ultron, raising kids while thinking about AI, and affirmation from others. Enjoy!

01:10:43 - PaleoPOWs are lot like Turing Tests; we can be pretty sure the person writing the e-mail is human, but we can never be certain. Ryan jumped the gun in the drinking segment so nothing to report here. Charlie reads some of the recent iTunes reviews glorifying Ben from the likes of chmegs013 and majorham. And Patrick has a glowing e-mail from Emily H. who managed to enjoy the podcasts of the Brachiolope Media Network even without internet!

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

Music for this week's show provided by:

Shadow Stabbing - Cake

Midnight Show - The Killers

House of Cards - Radiohead

Synthetic Dreams - 9dw (from the playlist Die Galaktischen Roboter)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Are you still there?
0:00.7	Yeah, I'm just thinking of themes, jotting down notes.
0:03.4	You take notes?
0:04.3	Yeah.
0:04.8	That's pretty awesome.
0:05.4	I have posted notes all over my computer from like however many episodes I haven't.
0:09.5	You've gotten out yet.
0:10.6	In science sort of.com, you're listening to Science Sortup.
0:19.0	Welcome to Science Sort of. You are listening to Episode 166. Our theme this week is paradigm shifted. I'm your host, Ryan, and joining me to discuss things that are sort of science, things that are sort of science, and things that wish they were science. I'm a paleo palo-palpacisting, partners in crime. One of them is named Patrick. Good day. Ooh, what Aussie was it. Yes. I'm back in the south.
0:45.6	The deep, deep south. The upside down south. And the other is Charlie. It's Friday night. I'm
0:53.7	feeling good.
0:54.6	Doesn't Australia actually mean like South?
0:56.9	Like Australas mean South?
0:58.6	Yes.
0:59.2	Okay.
0:59.5	Yeah, it's like the opposite of Borealis.
1:01.9	So Borealis, is that Greek?
1:03.8	That's got to be Greek, right?
1:04.9	Yeah, so there's the four gods of the four wind gods or whatever.
1:10.1	Yeah, and there's the Occidental, or the Occident is west, the Orient is East, the Australis, is South, or the Borealis is North.
1:18.6	Now you're confusing some other, like, the, is the Orients.
1:23.1	Is Orient in Occident Latin?
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