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TWS304: Digging Deeper Than Snow

On the show this week: Front Page Life is Full of Crap Pre-Justice Re-History Science Tests Re-Taken CQ: Do you think that humanity will ever need to make a hundred-year plan for the future — or even be able of it? Full list of 23 articles after the jump! Front Page: Yup, sounds like Canadian […]

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TWS292: I Thought What’s Old Is News

On the show this week: Front Page Awl In Your Head Big Hairy Deal Space is both Out and In Extras CQ: If computers and robots could have free will, can we turn it off when we don’t like it? Full list of 44 articles after the jump! Front Page: No, it doesn’t make you […]

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TWS283: Earth-borne, Space-bound

On the show this week: Front Page; Eyes on Space; In The Flesh; Extras; CQ: Most persistent, ancient holidays seem to be apparently religion acting as mass psychologists to celebrate good times and counter-program against dark times (like Winter) — so should psychologists (under the guise, perhaps, of governments) be put to work creating holidays and celebrations that will be used in space, on Mars, or on future planets — or should such celebrations only be allowed to develop “organically” from a combination of mass meme and clever capitalism?

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TWS275: Stay Grounded

On the show this week: Front Page A Wondrous Age Living Is Easy Deity Doo Doo Extras CQ: Which will come first: the immersive, 3-D hologram or the near-human-level artificial intelligence, and why? Full list of 27 articles after the jump! Front Page: I wonder if they have a little plastic human poking his head […]

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