Episode #58 with Special Guest Matt Colborn
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Here we are at episode 58, and we’re joined by another special guest, cognitive scientist and freelance writer, Matt Colborn. Matt chats with us about a variety of topics including his PhD research into bees and the application to machine learning. We then move onto discussing consciousness a little. This is followed by a chat about the SETI project and the search for aliens, both out in the wider universe, but also we chat about experiences of the terrestrial kind. You can learn more about Matt Colborn at his blog https://mattcolbornwriter.blogspot.co.uk/
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