Episode 33: Staring into the Void
Pondering pure existence, a big reckoning for Big Coffee, coming to terms with archiving our past, possibly #tooMuchMeta on a flight through Ped's neural landscape, keep those subvocals to yourself and always look up for the Happy Void.
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Recreational Void Staring [00:00]
Coffee, Cancer and Acrylamide [05:00]
- Is coffee carcinogenic? Some say maybe, some say no
- Caffeine Blues certainly sounds alarmed
- Either way, it’s good to understand the neuro-biology
Archiving the Past [14:11]
- What to look for in your Facebook data-and how to find it (Wired)
- A drop in the ocean: the timescale of a human life
Tip of the Tongue Syndrome [30:33]
- Presque Vu for you
- The jury’s still out on the eye-training benefits of speed-reading
Yet another Borg Implant [46:37]
- Gotcha, subvocalizations! MIT’s “Alter Ego” accidentally invents telepathy
Nifty Einstein Rings [54:57]
- NASA’s Hubble catches the fisheye lens effect
- Keep Looking Up! Jack Horkheimer (1938–2010) aka The Star Hustler is here for you
Music by Lee Rosevere (CC by 4.0)