Inquiring Minds

A weekly podcast about science and society. Hosted by @indrevis, produced by @antiadam.

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“Ten to the one hundred years from now, one googol years … the universe will be empty. And that, according to our best current theories, will last for infinity years. Will last forever.” Ep 376 w/ @seanmcarroll & @indrevis https://t.co/9iLJohwubk

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Is there a physical limit to the size of a single conscious self?

We talked to neuroscientist & author @patrick__house about his new book on consciousness and why there are so many different, often conflicting ways to think about it. https://t.co/YMIwwd5fqW

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@Atbinix @seanmcarroll @indrevis yes, we’re on spotify! https://t.co/BzKMSq6o2Q

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We talked to @seanmcarroll about his new book & why you don't need to be a physicist to understand the biggest ideas in the universe 🪐 https://t.co/BugadLtsQz (w/ @indrevis)

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@NuiMrme @seanmcarroll @indrevis right now yes! but hopefully changing soon.

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Trained as both, @seanmcarroll explains where physicists and philosophers go wrong when they're asking big questions. Full episode here: https://t.co/BugadLbRZ1 (w/ @indrevis)

[Ed Yong is not here @edyong209]

🚨I wrote about a new study that makes clear just how exceptional America is, compared to other wealthy nations, at killing its own people--in large numbers & at young ages, during the pandemic and long before it. 1/ https://t.co/bI2CNsHQug

[Carolyn Porco @carolynporco]

We don't need a multi-planetary existence.

We need to be guaranteed of a healthy *terrestrial* existence.

A case of severely misplaced priorities.

Please RT!

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“For non-human animals, too, many of these indicators of brain activity are accompanied by a subjective phenomenology. There really is a subjective world that lights up when these animals are asleep, and that’s the dream world.” —@DrPenaGuzman1

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New episode! Do animals dream the same way we do? Find out in our conversation with @DrPenaGuzman1 https://t.co/Bebwk2fYZZ

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Dr. Geddy Lee from Rush (honorary doctorate from Nipissing University) may not technically be a scientist, but we'll be tuning in to #geddython anyway! @playazball @geddython

[Jane 🎇 @RED_RAlN]

The official 2022 @geddython poster is complete! Now it’s your turn to print these out and post them in your area! Ged the word out!

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@neuroticnormal @Sawbones We love @Sawbones.

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“I can simulate the sensory experiences of a bat. I can learn to echolocate, I can hang from a tree upside down. I can spend my day sleeping and my night searching for insects. But I will never know what it’s like for a bat to be a bat.” w/ @JackieHiggins_ https://t.co/DIQXAWpmvh

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Exhausted from the unrelenting gloom of existence? Forget about it for a minute & learn about how cool butterflies and foxes and beavers and ants and octopuses (and more) are in these 9 fun episodes from our archives. 🦋🦊🐜🐙🐈🦑🐻 https://t.co/591HgxHeBr

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What if rocks that come from space don’t just have the potential to destroy life but also to create it? Cosmochemist @GregBrennecka explains exactly that on our most recent episode. https://t.co/LG8KFsBywv

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This week, @indrevis sits down with #addiction physician & bioethicist @DrCarlErik. Carl works at the intersection of #law, #ethics, & #psychiatry. He has had his own struggles w/ addiction, documented in his new book, The Urge: Our History of Addiction.

https://t.co/QHSBBuwhhr

[Sound Health Network @SoundHealthNet]

In our first virtual Auditorium event, guest Samora Pinderhuges shared his process on creating music.

"The sound always comes first for me. That process starts at the piano, then lyrics, words, and then language. I try to build out a world through sound."

#soundtherapy

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“I guess I wanted to impress him—instead of roses, I’d given him a dead bat.”

#romance #bats #love
https://t.co/Og3ZwLCSLB

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Where are #memories stored in the #brain? New research suggests they may be in the connections between your #braincells.
https://t.co/QlJUyIchuB

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Researchers have found that the shapes of #fingerprints are influenced by the #genes responsible for limb development instead of skin patterning. The study could help us better understand the association between genes and phenotypical traits. https://t.co/fT9JhV5MiK