TWS368: Backslash Flashback

On October 20, 2016, in Episodes, by the Encaffeinated ONE

tws368-logoOn the show this week:

  • Unusual Science
  • Usual Science
  • Animal Science
  • Unanimal Science

CQ: Is there any moral difference between creating an artificial intelligence on a computer or a new biological entity capable of thinking?

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TWS291: To Nobelly Ig

On September 29, 2014, in Episodes, by the Encaffeinated ONE

TWS291 logoOn the show this week:

  • Front Page
  • Don’t Mean To Pry, Mate
  • The Digital Analogue
  • Extras

CQ: Which will come first: world peace, or interstellar space travel? Is one necessary for the other?

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TWS101: Uberstocked Inventionory

On October 4, 2008, in Episodes, by the Encaffeinated ONE

Show Notes for TWS101: Uberstocked Inventionory

On the show this week:

  • Throwing Everything In, Including The Carbon Sink
  • I Betcha It’s Nature’s Fault
  • Whoosh! Headlines! (ALMOST EXTRA)
  • Crime Never Really Happens That Way
  • Fly, Ptery, Fly! (EXTRA)
  • Marginaliens (EXTRA)

This week’s Challenge Question:
Do we spend too much time just amusing ourselves? Beyond work, should we do something “useful”?
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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