On the show this week:
- Packin’ My Space Bags
- Things We Have Done
- All In Your Head
CQ: Once we have accepted robots as thinking beings, will we ever accept them as rulers and bosses?
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On the show this week:
- Space Grace Rate
- Speaking of Science
- Extras
CQ: Do we have to be faced with downsizing (say, for space travel..) before we start to think about the entirely lifetime of our stuff?
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On the show this week:
- Front Page
- Cats and Dogs, Therefore: Apocalypse
- Patterns, Therefore: SCIENCE!
CQ: Should computer science be a fundamental topic in elementary school?
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On the show this week:
- Front Page
- Out of This World
- Not As It Seems
- After Death
- Extras
CQ: For space exploration, which should we work on first: completely autonomous robots or better ways to deliver humans?
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Show Notes for TWS078: Humanufacturing the Universe
On the show this week:
- WE GOTTA GET OFF THIS ROCK!
- Humanufacturing the World
This week’s Challenge Question:
Is domesticating animals keeping them down – or lifting them up? Will we “uplift” any other animals – through affection, genetics, robotics, cybernetics, etc? Or what *should* we uplift and for what purpose?
Leave your answer in the comments, send your email to weirdshow[[at]]gmail.com, record your message via the MobaTalk client on the right hand side of Encaffeinated!, leave an answer on Facebook or call in at 206-203-2292.
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Show Notes for TWS051: The Journey to 1000 Stars Begins With 1 Planet… And Our Pets
On the show this week:
- UFO, IFO, WeAllFO
- Holy Irony, Catman!
- Space Is All Up In The Air
As mentioned, I have a page on Facebook, where I will also be placing my Questions.
Speaking of that, this week’s Question:
What new device will be created into the future that initially will seem like a dumb idea yet turn into a widely used, must-have thing? Or what device will be just dumb?. Leave your answer in the comments, send your email to encaf1[[at]]gmail.com, record your message via the MobaTalk client on the right hand side of Encaffeinated!, leave an answer on Facebook or call in at 206-203-2292.
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