Science Fiction True

Big Picture Science

Science, Technology

4.5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2016

⏱️ 54 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Don’t believe everything you see on TV or the movies. Science fiction is just a guide to how our future might unfold. It can be misleading, as anyone who yearns for a flying car can tell you. And yet, sometimes fantasy becomes fact. Think of the prototype cellphones in Star Trek. We take a look at science that seems inspired by filmic sci-fi, for example scientists manipulating memory as in Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. And despite his famous film meltdown, Charleton Heston hasn’t stopped the Soylent company from producing what it calls the food of the future. Plus, why eco-disaster films have the science wrong, but not in the way you might think. And, what if our brains are simply wired to accept film as fact? Guests: Steve Ramirez -Neuroscientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rob Rhinehart – CEO and founder of Soylent Jason Mark – Editor of Earth Island Journal Jeffrey Zacks – Cognitive Neuroscientist, Washington University, St. Louis, and author of Flicker: Your Brain on Movies First released December 22, 2014. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You're listening to an airwave media podcast.
0:05.0	McDonald's are making small improvements to our classic burgers,
0:08.0	searing our 100% British and Irish beef parties,
0:10.0	so they're even juicier.
0:12.0	And we're serving them hotter for meltier cheese, all in new
0:15.4	toastier buns. The classics, now a little more mmm. comparison with prior classic burgers,
0:20.4	serves after 11 a.m. subject to availability.
0:22.4	Mm-hmm-hmm.
0:24.0	This episode is brought to you by Shopify.
0:27.0	Looking to start a side hustle or become your own boss.
0:30.0	Do it with Shopify.
0:31.0	Whether you're selling succulents or stilettoes, Shopify has the industry leading tools to help you create, control and grow your own business.
0:38.0	So get serious about selling and get Shopify today.
0:41.0	Sign up for a one pound per month trial period at shopify. code ek slash special offer,
0:46.4	or lowercase. That's Shopify dot code ek slash special offer.
0:57.0	You go to the movies to escape reality, but what if it's just a matter of time before that sci-fi vision of our future becomes reality?
1:07.0	In films such as Men in Black, technology exists to erase memories, but now real scientists have had success in doing just that.
1:15.0	Also, don't be surprised if you see a package of Soyland at the market despite
1:20.2	Charlton Heston's warning. Science fiction, science fact, and why our brains are wired to accept
1:25.8	what we see on the screen.
1:27.7	It's big picture science. 2,000 years ago, the Greeks didn't have science fiction. I mean there was Homer so there was fiction.
1:46.5	Sing oh mews of the rage of Achilles son of pilius that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Big Picture Science, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Big Picture Science and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.