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John Horgan (Stevens Center for Science Writings, Cross-Check) and George Johnson (The Cancer Chronicles, Raw Data)
- Is science reaching the limit of what humans can grok? . 03:16
- Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy explains some cancer clusters . 12:15
- Gorilla Illusion: We’re blind to what we’re not looking for . 21:43
- Maybe we won’t boldly go where no man has gone before . 26:55
- Can Neil deGrasse Tyson fill Carl Sagan’s shoes? . 40:07
- The militarization of research: How worried should we be? . 51:20
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Recorded:Feb 28
Posted:Mar 8, 2014
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- George’s “Raw Data” column about the difficulty of subtle experiments
- George’s “Raw Data” column about the Higgs
- John’s book The End of Science
- The Monkey Business Illusion
- Number of known exoplanets doubles
- Cosmos reboot, with Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Patrick McCray’s post “An Open Letter to Neil deGrasse Tyson”
- Rebecca Mead’s New Yorker profile of Neil deGrasse Tyson (paywall)
- Neil deGrasse Tyson takes on the creationists (in 2006)
- Nicholas Kristof’s NYT column on the ivory tower
- John on whether scientists should resist taking military money
- John asks Neil deGrasse Tyson to talk about science and war
- IARPA press release on its new program, Knowledge Representation in Neural Systems
- Glenn Greenwald’s article, “How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations”
- George’s final blog post for Discover
Science Faction | Mar 8, 2014 | John Horgan & George Johnson
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