Episode 181 - Free Speech, Carbon Taxes, and Search Engine Control

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Mike McHargue

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🗓️ 6 May 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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This week we covered these questions on Ask Science Mike: Is there a way to escape the current monopolized control of "algorithms" when it comes to how we find and perceive information? Fake News & Media Literacy How can I be more gracious to my wife during my faith transition? Finding God in the Waves Does the "no platforming" movement against the alt-right set ourselves up for failure if the tables ever get turned? What are the most effective ways to implement a carbon tax? Canada passed a carbon tax that will give most Canadians more money This episode was sponsored by KiwiCo. Give your kids the gift of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math for FREE. Details at https://kiwico.com/science

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0:00.0	Free Speech, Carbon Taxes, and Search Engine Control.
0:04.0	All that and more on this week's episode of Ask Science Mike.
0:08.0	You've got questions, he's got answers, Even though he may not understand, he'll talk anyway.
0:16.0	We've got problems. He won't solve them. But he'll talk and talk and talking till it's blue in the face.
0:22.0	Science, faith, and life. talking talking to talk until the blue in the face.
0:23.0	Science faith in life.
0:25.0	Ask Science Mike.
0:27.0	Welcome to Ask Science Mike,
0:31.0	the weekly podcast where I Mike Mike McCarg, answer your questions about
0:35.6	science, faith, and life.
0:37.6	We've been doing this for a few years now and it's tons of fun because this is a space where all questions are welcome without judgment, without hesitation.
0:47.0	Any question asked sincerely I believe is worthy of a response.
0:51.0	So what do you say? Let's get it started.
0:54.0	Hi science Mike, my name is Brianna and I wanted to ask you a question about
1:07.5	information control and search engines on the internet and especially with how important information has become in our
1:16.0	daily lives and structure and the increasing reliance that we put on search
1:21.1	engines and particularly Google to present what we are
1:25.1	going to shape as truth or what we are going to consider reality. I started reading
1:30.8	this book that I'm sure you've heard of called
1:33.6	Algorithms of Oppression by Sophia Umo Jen Noble and it's just totally
1:38.9	blowing my mind right now and a little bit freaking me out and I wanted to ask you if you foresee a major problem I guess coming in our society
1:51.5	where information is, I mean it's already so controlled by these
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