Description
In a departure from our normal format, Blake and Karen discuss how science ruins all the fun of some very popular Sci-Fi/Horror tropes.
Alternate Realities and the Multiverse
Some thoughts about multiverses from SciAm
Chronicles of Amber by Zelazny (affiliate link)
(apparently I said Avalon in the ep - totally different thing. Avalon is M.Z. Bradley's retelling of the Arthurian tales from a feminist/pagan framing.)
Body Swapping
Gilligan's Island Body Swapping
Russian Dog Head Experiment (journal)
More on the Dog Head (wikipedia)
Aliens in our Solar System
SciAm on Aliens
Looking for "alien" artifacts
Cryonics
This American Life segment on cryonics (powerful but disturbing)
In reSearch of… Cryogenics (Note - Cryonics is freezing people for hypothetical later thawing, Cryogenics is the legit study of freezing all sorts of things.)
Time Travel
Twin Study Confirms Einstein
Simulation Hypothesis
Just how many bits would be in a model of the universe?
Some pro-simulation speculation (I am not remotely convinced)
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Andy's website (and response to Townsend's claims)
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Published 04/22/24
Karen and Blake discuss three little mysteries they've run across while doing research that didn't quite warrant an individual episode, and which might benefit from some crowd-sourcing.
Examples of "Bigfoot Tree Forts"
Colorado Site discussing
Tik-Tok Bigfoot Structures
Fairy-Braids:
This is a...
Published 04/15/24
Matt and Karen report back from their trip to Devil's Tower, Wyoming.
reuters debunk traced to Facebook Satirical Post
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Published 04/08/24