TWS276: Post Consumer Wasted

On the show this week:

Confessional: Why am I eating a 6lb burger?
Historical Blindness (from TWS274)
A Base Instinct To Build Upon (from TWS275)

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CQ: Will artificial intelligence always be inferior to human intelligence, because it will always be perfectly understandable, whereas human intelligence seems impossible to fully understand?

Full list of articles after the jump!

Historical Blindness:
- Does really suggest that you need a good boot polishing regimin..: STV – Rare fungus carried from battlefield to Scotland on soldiers’ boots
- Siri has her own opinion as to when the universe is ending.: Who Forted – iPhone Apocalypse? [UPDATED]
- Turns out, that bloke *did* pay the noble back! No need for a wile, then.: National Post – How the discovery of a 460-year-old English shilling in B.C. could help rewrite the early history of Canada
- Let’s just hope the note isn’t “dismantled for scrap, sold off the metals for a forutune. What’s that growling noise?”: LiveScience – Fate of Ark of the Covenant Revealed in Hebrew Text
A Base Instinct To Build Upon:
- Many people suggest that going to university means getting screwed, but this might not be what they meant..: Orange – Students’ promo video too blue for uni chiefs
- And what it sounds like is “BAW-CHIKKA-WAH-WAH”!: The Daily Caller – ‘Sex with Google Glass’ is exactly what it sounds like
- Surprisingly, people in ancient times were also fascinated by bumping uglies..: The Times of Israel – 4,000-year-old erotica depicts a strikingly racy ancient sexuality
- Creepy? Or just.. SUPER creepy? (Can we not wait for *any* surprises?): Orange – New parents to be offered foetus replicas
- Warning: the scenes are hairy. VERY hairy.: Time – How to Make $30,000 a Month Writing Bigfoot Sex Scenes