Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of April 9, 2012. Topics discussed in this week's episode:My recap of the Moral Brain conferenceA review of the attention my Dyson Sphere article is gettingA summary of my recent appearance on the al-Jazeera show, The StreamTracks used in this episode:Orbital: "Straight Sun"Bear in Heaven: "The Reflection of You"Modeselektor: "Berlin"Podcast Feed | Subscribe via iTunes 

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Sentient Developments Episode 2012.04.09

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of April 16, 2012. Topics discussed in this week's episode:NASA's upcoming workshop on rethinking their Mars strategyBeaming solar power to Earth with satellitesVeteran astronomer Geoff Marcy joins SETILinda MacDonald Glenn on "what is a person"?Do "advanced" dinosaurs rule other planets? And Adam Manning's responseGender Selection in Canada: No Easy AnswersTracks used in this episode:Ty Seagall & White Fence: I Am Not a GameRamona Falls: SporeCaveman: ThankfulDaft Punk: End of LinePodcast Feed | Subscribe via iTunes 

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.04.16

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of May 7, 2012. Topics discussed in this week's episode:Scientific explanations for Game of Thrones' messed-up seasonsCould a single pill save your marriage?Nature goes ahead and publishes study explaining how to create deadly mutant bird fluArtificial retinas give blind patients ability to see light and shapesThe Search for Life on Jupiter’s Icy MoonsTracks used in this episode: Unicorn Kid: Pure SpaceAtlas Sound: Te AmoDeath Grips: HackerBlack Moth Super Rainbow: I Think It Is Beautiful That You Are 256 Colors TooPodcast Feed | Subscribe via iTunes 

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.05.07

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of April 2, 2012.Topics for this week's episode: J. Hughes on democratic transhumanism, personhood theory, and AI; making brains: reverse engineering the human brain to achieve AI; Ben Goertzel and Eliezer Yudkowsky on the Singularity and timelines for AI; could a computer virus merge with a human virus?; and transhumanism meets the 'intelligence principle.'Tracks used in this episode:Meshuggah: "Behind the Sun"Modeselektor: "Green Light Go"Boards of Canada: "Aquarius"Grimes: "Eight"Podcast Feed | Subscribe via iTunes 

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.04.02

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of March 26, 2012.Topics for this week's episode: How to build a Dyson sphere in five (relatively) easy steps, how to take over the Galaxy with self-replicating probes, the Fermi Paradox, and the Simulation Argument.Tracks used in this episode:Beach House: "Myth"Keep Shelly in Athens: "Our Own Dream"Rose Cousins: "One Way"Podcast Feed | Subscribe via iTunes 

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.03.26

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of March 19, 2012.Topics for this week's episode: Raising IQ with creatine and Double N-Back Training, the red meat scare, destroying asteroids with nukes, re-engineering humans to deal with climate change, the Fermi Paradox, and the ongoing perils to democracy.Tracks used in this episode:Soft Metals: "The Cold World Waits"The Knife: "Marble House"Zed's Dead: "Pyramid Song" (remix)Evy Jane: "Sayso"Podcast Feed | Subscribe via iTunes 

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.03.19

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of March 12, 2012.Topics for this week's episode include the perils of Active SETI, the possibility of downloading something nasty from ET, why virtually everyone is wrong about alien threats, Nick Bostrom's claim that we are underestimating existential risks, and the 'create the future' myth.Tracks used in this episode:School of Seven Bells: "Lafaye"Long Distance Calling: "Into the Black Wide Open"Ulrich Schnauss: "Made of Sky"Podcast Feed | Subscribe via iTunes 

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.03.12

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of March 5, 2012.Topics for this week's episode include the Turing Test, artificial consciousness, and machine ethics; Avi Rubin's recent TED Talk on our increasingly hackable world; nootropics, cognitive liberty and limits to the biolibertarian impulse.Tracks used in this episode:Frankie Rose: "Interstellar"Pallbearer: "Foreigner"Teengirl Fantasy: "Cheaters"Podcast Feed | Subscribe via iTunes 

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.03.05

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of February 27, 2012.Topics discussed in this week's episode: PETA's lost case against SeaWorld and their next steps, addressing the potential perils of radical memory enhancement, the increasing role of AI in healthcare and medicine, and rethinking cosmetic enhancements.Tracks used in this episode:Cloud Nothings: "Separation"Ulrich Schnauss & Mark Peters: "Long Distance Call"Burial: "Loner"Porcelain Raft: "Drifting in and Out"Podcast Feed | Subscribe via iTunes 

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.02.27

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of February 20, 2012.Topics discussed in this week's episode: Moral enhancement and cognitive enhancement (featuring insights from Peter Singer and Allen Buchanen), progressivism and the potential for transhumanism (featuring clips from James Hughes and Robert Sawyer), and an update on PETA's case against SeaWorld.Tracks used in this episode:Air: "Sonic Armada"Zammuto: "F U C-3PO"Shinsuke Matsumoto: "Kou"Podcast Feed | Subscribe via iTunes 

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.02.20

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of January 30, 2012.This week's episode is devoted entirely to my paper (co-authored with Robert Bradbury and Milan Cirkovic) that was recently published in JBIS, "Dysonian Approach to SETI: A Fruitful Middle Ground?"Tracks used in this episode:"Oxygene II": Jean Michel Jarre"Main Titles: Theme to the Bounty": Vangelis"B. Aldrian": Harald Grosskopf"Wheel of the Year": Advisory CirclePodcast Feed | Subscribe via iTunes 

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.01.30

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of January 23, 2012.In this week's episode I talk about the new mathematical study which reveals that our Galaxy should have been colonized by now, why Canadians are considering a ban on prenatal gender information, the growing gender imbalance, the latest on the lab-mutated avian flu, why whales are people, health tips to avoid cognitive decline, and why the sex-chip may not be such a good idea.Tracks used in this episode:Alcest: "Autre Temps"SBTRKT: "Pharoahs"Lower Dens: "Nootropics"Podcast Feed | Subscribe via iTunes 

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.01.23

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of January 16, 2012.In this week's episode I talk about the assassination of an Iranian nuclear physicist and how scientists are increasingly coming to be seen as military targets. In addition, I discuss the Stuxnet worm, the devastating potential for solar storms, EMP, and botulinum attacks.Tracks used in this episode:Sepalcure: "Pencil Pimp"Todd Terje: "Snnoze 4 Love"Harald Grosskopf: "Synthesist" (Blondes remix)The Reflecting Skin: "Traffikers"Podcast Feed | Subscribe via iTunes 

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.01.16

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of November 28, 2011.Topics discussed in this week's episode include the current Adderall shortage in the United States and its rampant off-label use (including a discussion of its nootropic qualities), the question of whether or not SETI is scientific (in response to a recent Rationally Speaking Podcast episode), how to avoid an asteroid impact (reflecting on Phil Plait's recent TED talk), observing the lost tribes of the Amazon (in consideration of Scott Wallace's new book), and remembering biologist Lynn Margulis.Tracks used in this episode:Opeth: "Heritage"Cynic: "Amidst the Coals"Cynic: "Hieroglyph"Steven Wilson: "Grace for Drowning"Podcast FeedSubscribe via iTunes 

Sentient Developments podcast for the week of November 28, 2011

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of December 12, 2011.Topics discussed in this week's episode include my new strength routine, using Ecstasy to treat autism, cognitive enhancement and potential side-effects, Radiolabs on amnesia and free will, H+ interview with Eric Drexler, New paper by Keith B. Wiley: "The Fermi Paradox, Self-Replicating Probes, and the Interstellar Transportation Bandwidth", genetically modifying mosquitos to combat diseases (and mosquitos), and how to engineer a zombie virus.Tracks used in this episode:Liturgy: GenerationTim Hecker: The Piano DropThe Field: This is PowerBiosphere: Genkai-1Podcast FeedSubscribe via iTunes 

Sentient Developments Episode 2011.12.12

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