{"id":3231910,"date":"2014-10-17T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T18:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/encaffeinated.ca\/tws\/?p=1171"},"modified":"2015-03-10T16:53:18","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T19:53:18","slug":"tws293-speculative-nonfiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/spoken\/tws\/tws293-speculative-nonfiction","title":{"rendered":"TWS293: Speculative Nonfiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/encaffeinated.ca\/tws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/TWS293-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1174\" src=\"http:\/\/encaffeinated.ca\/tws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/TWS293-logo-257x300.png\" alt=\"TWS293 logo\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>On the show this week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Front Page<\/li>\n<li>SCIENCE! Faction<\/li>\n<li>Seasons Freakings<\/li>\n<li>Extras<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CQ: We once erected permanent markers to stand for those who have died, but in this digital age, do you think that digital memorials will stand the test of time &#8212; or are we going to be a generation completely lost, forgotten in the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: large;\">Full list of 30 articles after the jump!<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-1171\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Front Page:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>It&#8217;s when the drugs\/booze\/delusions wear off and you find yourself in the middle of the ocean in a giant hamster ball, that&#8217;s when you start questioning your life choices..<\/em>: <strong>NBC5 Chicago <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/weird\/Man-Floating-in-Bubble-Rescued-by-Coast-Guard-278130531.html\" >(O) Coast Guard Rescues Man Running Across Ocean in Bubble<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>It&#8217;s a COWCALF-ony! (Get it? Cacaphony? Ugh..)<\/em>: <strong>Geek <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geek.com\/geek-cetera\/it-turns-out-that-cowbells-make-cows-miserable-1605552\/\" >(O) It turns out that cowbells make cows miserable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Hard to figure out if I&#8217;m madder at bureaucratic incompetence or spooks being spooky.<\/em>: <strong>The Journal Online\/Open Minds TV <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.journal.com.ph\/editorial\/mysteries\/nsa-says-it-has-lost-its-non-redacted-ufo-files\" >(O) NSA says it has lost its non-redacted UFO files<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Read the title twice, then realize the universe is stranger than you thought..<\/em>: <strong>Wired <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2014\/09\/oxytricha-encrypted-genome\/\" >(O) This Bizarre Organism Builds Itself a New Genome Every Time It Has Sex<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Well, now that this is settled, we can move on..<\/em>: <strong>The UK Express <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/nature\/518510\/Aliens-do-exist-scientists-find-proof-of-life-in-space\" >(O) The incredible picture that &#8216;PROVES&#8217; there is life on other planets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>We got a lot of work to do in this world..<\/em>: <strong>International Business Times <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/colombia-woman-grows-potato-vagina-attempt-contraception-1468356\" >(O) Colombian Woman Who Put Potato in Vagina for Contraception Hospitalised after it Grew Roots<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>SCIENCE! Faction:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>It only sounds *slightly* impossible..<\/em>: <strong>Scientific American <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/majorana-particle-matter-and-antimatter\/\" >(O) New Particle Is Both Matter and Antimatter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Could it be? This idea is no longer a cold, dead-end?<\/em>: <strong>Extreme Tech <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.extremetech.com\/extreme\/191754-cold-fusion-reactor-verified-by-third-party-researchers-seems-to-have-1-million-times-the-energy-density-of-gasoline\" >Cold fusion reactor verified by third-party researchers, seems to have 1 million times the energy density of gasoline<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Must we move beyond materialist science? Can we?<\/em>: <strong>Explore <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.explorejournal.com\/article\/S1550-8307%2814%2900116-5\/fulltext\" >(O) Manifesto for a Post-Materialist Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Just who are these non-materialist scientists?<\/em>: <strong>The Huffington Post <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/dave-pruett\/toward-a-postmaterialistic-science_b_5842730.html\" >(O) Toward a Post-Materialistic Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>I&#8217;ve heard it said before that science only disproves things, not proves them. Is this valid?<\/em>: <strong>Epoch Times <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/n3\/985813-wheres-the-proof-in-science-there-is-none\/\" >(O) Where&#8217;s the Proof in Science? There Is None<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>It&#8217;s like when dove&#8217;s cry, only.. sad.<\/em>: <strong>NPR <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/health\/2014\/09\/09\/345289127\/when-scientists-give-up?refresh=true\" >(O) When Scientists Give Up<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Is this science admitting that it needs to change?<\/em>: <strong>Huffington Post <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/09\/22\/nasa-astrobiology-alien-search_n_5860714.html\" >(O) Will ET Be Here Soon? NASA Brings Scientists, Theologians Together To Prepare<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Is this science admitting that anything that isn&#8217;t science isn&#8217;t important?<\/em>: <strong>De Void\/Herald-Tribune <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/devoid.blogs.heraldtribune.com\/14821\/a-rhetorical-concession-now-go-away\/\" >(O) A rhetorical concession, now go away<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Is this science admitting that it makes mistakes?<\/em>: <strong>NY Times\/The Upshot <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/19\/upshot\/to-get-more-out-of-science-show-the-rejected-research.html?_r=0&amp;abt=0002&amp;abg=0\" >(O) To Get More Out of Science, Show the Rejected Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Experts have now discovered that they have terrible sex lives, and really don&#8217;t know what every sexually experienced woman probably already knows well..<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn26335-final-word-on-female-orgasm-is-an-anticlimax.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VDSbPEjT5HY\" >(O) &#8216;Final&#8217; word on female orgasm is an anticlimax<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>And by &#8220;baffle&#8221;, they probably meant to say &#8220;lies outside of established theories currently competing to describe reality according to&#8221;. Or something equally succint..<\/em>: <strong>The Week <\/strong> &#8211; <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/theweek.com\/article\/index\/269015\/speedreads-mysterious-feature-on-saturns-moon-baffles-nasa-scientists\">(O) Mysterious feature on Saturn&#8217;s moon baffles NASA scientists<\/span><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>I&#8217;m still not used to the idea that the moon has water, and now it came on a breeze..<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn26337-moon-water-blew-in-on-solar-wind.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VDSbTUjT5HY\" >(O) Moon water blew in on solar wind<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Actually, this is a lot closer than most stories, although it&#8217;s not a hologram, not three-dimensional, and doesn&#8217;t have taste or smell..<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn26329-real-holodeck-turns-your-living-room-into-a-game.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VDSa6EjT5HY\" >(O) Real Holodeck turns your living room into a game<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>NOW you&#8217;re thinking like a technologist! (You thought I was going to say scientist?)<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg22429892.900-should-we-upgrade-photosynthesis-and-grow-supercrops.html?full=true#.VDSb1EjT5HY\" >(O) Should we upgrade photosynthesis and grow supercrops?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Seasons Freakings:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>How much history have we buried? And was it, perhaps, for good reasons?<\/em>: <strong>The UK Daily Mail <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-2775360\/Has-Dracula-s-dungeon-unearthed-Turkey-Secret-cells-beneath-Tokat-Castle-Vlad-Impaler-held-hostage.html?ITO=1490&amp;ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_campaign=1490\" >(O) Have they found &#8216;Dracula&#8217;s dungeon&#8217; in Turkey? Secret cells beneath Tokat Castle may have been where Vlad the Impaler was held hostage<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>No one should be forced to serve beer..<\/em>: <strong>The Daily Star UK <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/402585\/Barmaid-served-beer-to-black-eyed-ghosts\" >(O) SPOOKED: Terrified barmaid served beer to black-eyed ghosts<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Is it all a joke? Can you even tell anymore?<\/em>: <strong>The Guardian UK\/MediaMonkey <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/mediamonkeyblog\/2014\/oct\/03\/daily-star-sunday-sport-black-eyed-ghost\" >(O) Daily Star: getting into the Sunday Sport spirit?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Did they ever stop to think that it might just be a goat reverting back into a man?<\/em>: <strong>The UK Daily Mirror <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/weird-news\/see-mutant-goat-born-human-4373806\" >(O) See mutant goat born with &#8216;human&#8217; face as farmers are accused of bestiality<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Is this the last step to making an urban legend real?<\/em>: <strong>News.com.au <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/national\/abc-2020-reveals-slender-man-attack-victim-as-payton-leutner\/story-e6frfkp9-1227072886907\" >(O) Slender Man attack victim revealed as Payton Leutner, parents reveal details of accused killer&#8217;s &#8216;fantasy&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>And then who followed them? A Pastafarian with a cleansing absurdity? A Dudeist with a rug that would &#8220;bring the room together&#8221;?<\/em>: <strong>Patheos <\/strong> &#8211; <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2014\/10\/archbishop-performed-exorcism-after-black-mass-in-oklahoma\/\">(O) Archbishop performed exorcism after Black Mass in Oklahoma<\/span><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Are they prepared to make that kind of sacrifice? If so, there may be a guy..<\/em>: <strong>Texas Cryptid Hunter <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/texascryptidhunter.blogspot.ca\/2014_10_01_archive.html\" >(O) Could a Cryptid Discovery Save the Earth&#8217;s Wildlife?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Fortunately, all life will not die out, according to Zeno&#8217;s Paradox.<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn26290-worlds-wildlife-population-halved-in-just-40-years.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VCtgQucUZWY\" >(O) World&#8217;s wildlife population halved in just 40 years<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>What kind of licence do you need for that?<\/em>: <strong>Boing Boing <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2014\/09\/18\/men-determined-to-kill-bigfoot.html\" >(O) Men determined to kill Bigfoot<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>It&#8217;s often the small details which can prove the most important.<\/em>: <strong>Bigfoot Evidence <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/bigfootevidence.blogspot.ca\/2014\/09\/oh-wow-you-can-totally-see-pattys-toes.html#moretop\" >(O) Oh, Wow! You Can Totally See Patty&#8217;s Toes In This Enhancement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Extras:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9642\"><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheWeirdShow\/~5\/ZXQm8JX09ts\/TWS293-2014-10-11.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9642','http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheWeirdShow\/~5\/ZXQm8JX09ts\/TWS293-2014-10-11.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheWeirdShow\/~5\/ZXQm8JX09ts\/TWS293-2014-10-11.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3231910-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheWeirdShow\/~5\/ZXQm8JX09ts\/TWS293-2014-10-11.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TWS293-2014-10-11.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the show this week: Front Page SCIENCE! 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