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Sophontology 6 Half a brain, no brain, and entirely conscious

► The Sophontology podcast is an ongoing discussion of the studies of the sapient and self-aware. Topics include sciences and technology, culture and society, behavior and psychology, and the myriad of bizarre things done by bizarre beings.
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How Carlos Rodriguez functions with just half a head https://www.ratemds.com/blog/how-carlos-rodriguez-functions-with-just-half-a-head/
“I only have half a brain” BBC Stories
Is it possible to live with only half a brain? https://inkspire.org/post/is-it-possible-to-live-with-only-half-a-brain/-KMQYFwF2IVuQXelPS5G
“What would I be like with half a brain?” https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/wellness/1997/08/12/what-would-i-be-like-with-half-a-brain/10146347-d5f2-4f84-8088-7d3f39fe7229/
Strange but true: when half a brain is better than a whole one https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-when-half-brain-better-than-whole/
Intrinsic ...

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Sophontology 5 A case for being kind to our machines

► The Sophontology podcast is an ongoing discussion of the studies of the sapient and self-aware. Topics include sciences and technology, culture and society, behavior and psychology, and the myriad of bizarre things done by bizarre beings.
#sophontology #podcast #science #psychology #physics #singularity #technology

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How much data do we create every day? The mind-blowing stats everyone should read https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2018/05/21/how-much-data-do-we-create-every-day-the-mind-blowing-stats-everyone-should-read/?sh=7624b31c60ba
What is the Internet of Things? https://www.wired.co.uk/article/internet-of-things-what-is-explained-iot
Ubik by Philip K Dick https://www.scribd.com/book/249308173/Ubik
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson https://www.scribd.com/book/91546571/Snow-Crash-A-Novel
Why companies need to get on the tokenization train https://www.coindesk.com/why-companies-need-to-get-on-the-tokenization-train
Smart contracts: the blockchain technology that will replace lawyers ...

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Sophontology 4 Time crystals

► The Sophontology podcast is an ongoing discussion of the studies of the sapient and self-aware. Topics include sciences and technology, culture and society, behavior and psychology, and the myriad of bizarre things done by bizarre things.
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Time crystal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_crystal
Appreciating the classical elegance of time crystals https://phys.org/news/2019-09-classical-elegance-crystals.html
Observation of a discrete time crystal https://sci-hub.se/https://www.nature.com/articles/nature21413
Perpetual motion test could amend the theory of time https://www.quantamagazine.org/perpetual-motion-test-could-amend-theory-of-time-20130425/
AC Josephson effect between two superfluid time crystals https://sci-hub.se/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-020-0780-y
Time translation symmetry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_translation_symmetry
DARPA is researching time crystals and their reasons are ...

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Sophontology Episode 3

► The Sophontology podcast is an ongoing discussion of the studies of the sapient and self-aware. Topics include sciences and technology, culture and society, behavior and psychology, and the myriad of bizarre things done by bizarre things.

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Einstein’s genius: describing the geometry of spacetime https://www.space.com/41416-einstein-relativity-geometry-space-time.html
Amplituhedron: A jewel at the heart of quantum physics https://www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-discover-geometry-underlying-particle-physics-20130917/
Holographic black holes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_principle
Emergent spacetime https://guava.physics.uiuc.edu/~nigel/courses/569/Essays_Spring2018/Files/gupta.pdf
Geons https://sci-hub.se/https://journals.aps.org/pr/abstract/10.1103/PhysRev.97.511
How do black hole jets carve out bubbles in space? https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2016/03/26/ask-ethan-how-do-black-hole-jets-carve-out-bubbles-in-space/
Infrasound & internal gravity waves generated by ...

Sophontology Episode 3
Sophontology Episode 2

► The Sophontology podcast is an ongoing discussion of the studies of the sapient and self-aware. Topics include sciences and technology, culture and society, behavior and psychology, and the myriad of bizarre things done by bizarre beings.

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Double Slit Experiment https://plus.maths.org/content/physics-minute-double-slit-experiment-0
Quantum Entanglement https://www.quantamagazine.org/entanglement-made-simple-20160428/
Leonard Susskind on ER=EPR
Particles from waves with Tibetan singing bowls
Researchers map the physics of Tibetan singing bowls https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110630220009.htm
Pilot Wave Theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_wave_theory
Hydrodynamic Quantum Field Theory: The Onset of Particle Motion and the Form of the Pilot Wave https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2020.00300/full
Heisenberg Uncertainty https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-uncertainty/
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Sophontology Episode 2
Sophontology Episode 1

► The Sophontology podcast is an ongoing discussion of the studies of sapient sophont beings. Topics include sciences and technology, culture and society, behavior and psychology, and the myriad of bizarre things done by bizarre beings.

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Fundamental awareness: A framework for integrating science, philosophy and metaphysics https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...​
Waiting for Sophia: 30 Years of Conceptualizing Wisdom in Empirical Psychology https://sci-hub.se/10.1080/15427609.2...​
Sentience https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentience
Qualia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualia
Sophont https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/181788

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