TWS309: Retroactive Deja Vu

On March 20, 2015, in Episodes, by the Encaffeinated ONE

TWS309 logoOn the show this week:

  • Front Page
  • Inside Perspective
  • War on Terra
  • Extras

CQ: If we could create an AI and give it the seeming personality of a character from a novel, movie or other story, which AI personality would you want to give you advice?

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TWS125: Do You Sense Me Sensing You?

On April 18, 2009, in Episodes, by the Encaffeinated ONE

Show Notes for TWS125: Do You Sense Me Sensing You?

On the show this week:

  • For Great Justice!
  • Distraction for Discovery
  • Don’t Believe Everything You Sense
  • Unsensed but not Unseen (EXTRA)

This week’s Challenge Question:
I think it’s fair to say that today, we communicate with each other more than we ever have before: email, blogs, web pages, Twitter, telephones, instant messaging… But are we really saying anything more than we were 50 years ago — or anything that will be important in another 50? Or is the conversation always, essentially, the same?
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TWS100: A Century of Progress (?)

On September 27, 2008, in Episodes, Feedback, by the Encaffeinated ONE

Show Notes for TWS100: A Century of Progress (?)

On the show this week:

  • The Important Stuff I Usually Don’t Get To
  • “Obvious” Science Anyone Can See
  • Things Getting Off The Ground (EXTRA)
  • Lawful Refinement (EXTRA)
  • The Stuff That Extra Scrapes Off Its Shoes (EXTRA)

This week’s Challenge Question:
A) What do you want to see more of different in the next 100 episodes of TWS?
B) Is science too pedantic? Do we focus too much on the tried-and-true? Where is the adventurous scientist — or is that not possible?

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TWS098: Home Is The Building You Come Back To After You’ve Left

On September 13, 2008, in Episodes, by the Encaffeinated ONE

Show Notes for TWS098: Home Is The Building You Come Back To After You’ve Left

On the show this week:

  • Life, But Not As You Know It
  • Architechnology and Engineerance
  • Rapid Apocalyptic Matters (EXTRA)
  • Whipped Celery and Onions (EXTRA)

This week’s Challenge Question:
Are things like the elf-friendly opera house just wastes of money, time and energy? What about “frivolous” PhD’s?
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