Ep 95: Science... sort of - Robots could be people too

Science... sort of

Brachiolope

Natural Sciences, Science

4.7 • 674 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2011

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

00:00:00 - Daniel H. Wilson joins the Paleopals to talk about the science of robots and the sort of novels. Namely his new one, the highly enjoyable Robopocalypse!

Be sure to check out the rest of Wilson's literary catalog (including some very practical survival books) at his Amazon page.
Keep an eye on thePaleocave Blogf or Ryan's review!

00:52:51 - How can you prove you're not a robot? Ingest some alcohol and hope Futurama has been wrong all these years. Ben eschews that test (very suspicious) in favor of some foreign Philippine nectar that we're waiting on authenticity confirmation from Pang. Ryan, after talking horrors of the future, sips on a Monster Ale from the past (2007) in the form of a Barleywine from the Brooklyn Brewery. And Jacob heads north with a Latitude 48 IPA from Samuel Adams, which is an IPA for everyone to enjoy!

00:58:34 - While you may have been underwhelmed in the theaters the second trailer for Real Steel with Hugh Jackman et al. looks far more promising, at least that's what the Paleopals say in this week's Trailer Trash Talk!

01:08:14- PaloePOWs are a lot like robots, they have no regards for our feelings. This week Ben brings us a kanji iTunes review from Japan, Ryan has an e-mail from Seth E. about the joys of the Cincinnati-based culinary treat: Skyline Chili, and Jacob has a voicemail from Cameron of Minnesota asking our thoughts on the technological Singularity.

Thanks for listening! Our blog promises to spare you in the event of the Singularity, so thank it by visiting the Paleocave!

Music for this week's show:

Robots - Flight of the Conchords

(I know I used this song before in Episode 67 but that was the live version so this still counts.)

We Could Be The Same - MaNga

Brooklyn Blurs - The Paper Raincoat

Mr. Roboto - Styx

Transcript

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0:00.0	I wrote it like two and a half years ago, and I just found it again.
0:05.1	Like, I lost it and forgot about it.
0:07.5	And I just found it again when I was reformating my computer.
0:10.6	And I read through it, and I was like, oh, God, this is going to be terrible.
0:13.6	And it was actually pretty good.
0:14.8	So I spent some time, like, editing it, and I'm going to work on it some more.
0:18.4	Yeah, that's a great story.
0:19.5	I'm going to work on it some more. Yeah, that's a great story. I'm going to let you finish, but Daniel Wilson had the best story about robots this year.
0:25.4	Damn it.
0:26.8	Don't you dare put that in the beginning section of the podcast either.
0:30.0	I'm going to be.
0:33.0	Hello, and welcome to Science Sort of.
0:42.4	Yeah. Hello, and welcome to Science Sort of. Hello, welcome to Science Sort of.
0:44.8	This is episode 95.
0:46.6	The theme this week is, robots could be people too.
0:50.5	I'm your host, Ryan, and joining me to discuss things that are science, things that are sort of science, and things that wish they were science, is my co-human, Jacob.
1:00.1	Hello, Ryan.
1:01.1	And potential co-human, but also non-co-Canadian, Ben.
1:06.7	Hello.
1:08.4	Hi, I tricked you, Ben. You finally admitted you were Skynet.
1:11.5	Shit.
1:14.8	All right.
	...

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