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Recorded:Jul 16    Posted:Aug 7, 2010
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Science Saturday | Aug 7, 2010 | Robert Wright & Eliezer Yudkowsky

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Starship building 101

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Mathematician Louis Crane on how to use black holes to make interstellar travel possible.

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The enigma of quantum theory

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Margaret Wertheim, author of Physics on the Fringe, on what happens when physics defies human comp­rehension. Plus: Will science ever explain consciousness?

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One damned thing after another

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Daniel Kaufman explains David Hume’s argument that we can’t be sure events are caused by other events.

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People of the Screen

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Tech visionary Kevin Kelly, author of The Inevitable, on how the shift from books to screens is affecting our culture. Plus: Parenting artificial intelligence.

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The DMZ

What’s eating the GOP?

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Bill Scher and Matt Lewis debate whether the problem is Trump or conservative ideology.

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Lost in thought

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Meditation teacher Daniel Ingram, author of Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, on the pathology of our wandering minds.

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Women as a Marxist class

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Daniel Kaufman explains why Joan Didion considered second-wave feminism infantile. Plus: Why are millennials so idealistic?

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Rescued from the dustbin of history

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A long-lost, never-before-shown 2006 conversation between Robert Wright and “new atheist” Sam Harris.

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Is power about independence or interdependence?

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Theologian John Thatamanil contrasts the views of Trump and Pope Francis. Plus: Trump as an affront to God.

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Runaway debt

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Richard Vague, author of The Next Economic Disaster, warns that today’s unprecedented borrowing could spell disaster. Plus: The loopholes Trump loves.