Archive for the ‘podcast’ Category

540. Fungus, Ants, Zombies, and Design

Reviewing the article “Now We Know How the Zombie Ant Gets Its Bite” by Matt Simon

539. Modern Media, Attention, Denial of Service, and Free Will

Reviewing the article “Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Your Free Will

538. Watching, Dressed, Ready, and Unexpecting

Rambling on about the Parable of the Waiting Servants.

537. Power, Brains, Damage, and Flesh

Reviewing the article “Power Causes Brain Damage” by Jerry Useem

536. Girls, Puberty, Confidence, and Flesh

Reviewing the article “How Puberty Kills Girls’ Confidence” By Claire Shipman, Katty Kay, and Jillellyn Riley and the events of the week

535. Knights, Knaves, Gods, and Excluded Middles

Reviewing the article “How to Solve the Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever” by Brian Gallagher. (Sorry, sorry, sorry, this is REALLY long!!!)

534. Updates, Errors, Consequences, and Outages

Reviewing the article “The Catch-22 That Broke The Internet.”

533. Stress, Caffine, Amnesia, and Blessing

Recounting the events of the week.

532. Cliffs, Hormones, Brains, and Adolescence

Reviewing the article “Dude, Where’s My Frontal Cortex?” by Robert Sapolsky

531. Matter, Reality, Information, Mentality

Reviewing the article “Physics Is Pointing Inexorably to Mind” By Bernardo Kastrup. SORRY ABOUT THE SOUND!!! I’LL KEEP THE WINDOWS UP NEXT TIME!!!!