Science Saturday: Toasters and Supernovas Edition | George Johnson & John Horgan [Science Saturday]

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Channel: Nonzero · 2018 · News & Politics

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00:00 Headsets, tubes and automated secretaries
11:11 John suspects that toasters aren't conscious (And rocks? No way!)
22:02 Reconciling free will and science
30:18 John and George trade zen-ish aphorisms
33:11 E.O. Wilson's case for group selection
47:43 Will you ever read by the light of a supernova?

George Johnson (The Cancer Chronicles, Raw Data) and John Horgan (Stevens Center for Science Writings, Cross-Check)

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Recorded on May 11, 2007

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