The Inevitable Horror Of Biological Computing
So we are now programming brain cells to play Doom.
Science
The Physics Behind the Thumb Trick
“Imagine an infinite hose”. Why ideal physics does not work in real world for details.
Doctor Answers Lung Questions
Fun, disgusting and important information.
The disaster you don’t know can happen
World is scarier the more you know.
The Steam Turbine: The Surprising Relationship of Engineering & Science
Science helps to solve issues but is not always needed.
Fuel for thought
Our brains are hungry. “Although the brain represents just 2 per cent of body weight, it consumes about 20 per cent of our energy at rest. Every perception, memory, emotion and idea is metabolically expensive. Thought itself is an energy-hungry… Read More »Fuel for thought
Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
Models are all we heave. [Sean Carroll’s Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas] 335 | Andrew Jaffe on Models, Probability, and the Universe https://podcastaddict.com/sean-carroll-s-mindscape-science-society-philosophy-culture-arts-and-ideas/episode/216160590 via @PodcastAddict
The World Isn’t Ending. It’s Stopping Working.
We aren’t the first or the last civilization. “Civilisations are material systems organised around energy. Their scale, complexity, and population reflect how much energy is available and how it is structured. When the energy available can no longer sustain that… Read More »The World Isn’t Ending. It’s Stopping Working.
Reading is magic
Reading literally changes how we see the world. “Eventually, after repeated prodding, he said that while he’d never personally been to Siberia, ‘Tadzhibai-aka who died last year was there. He said that there were bears there, but he didn’t say… Read More »Reading is magic
Game Theory Is Everywhere
And leads to strange results.