Episode 33: Staring into the Void

Two Bit Geeks

Pondering pure existence, a big reckoning for Big Coffee, coming to terms with archiving our past, possibly #tooMuchMeta on a flight through Ped’s neural landscape, keep those subvocals to yourself and always look up for the Happy Void.

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Recreational Void Staring [00:00]

• The Untempered Schism
• The Two Bit Geeks Official Guide to Void Staring!

Coffee, Cancer and Acrylamide [05:00]

• Is coffee carcinogenic? Some say maybe, some say no
• Caffeine Blues certainly sounds alarmed
• Either way, it’s good to understand the neuro-biology

Archiving the Past [14:11]

• What to look for in your Facebook data-and how to find it (Wired)
• A drop in the ocean: the timescale of a human life

Tip of the Tongue Syndrome [30:33]

• Presque Vu for you
• The jury’s still out on the eye-training benefits of speed-reading

Yet another Borg Implant [46:37]

• Gotcha, subovocalizations! MIT’s “Alter Ego” accidentally invents telepathy

Nifty Einstein Rings [54:57]

• NASA’s Hubble catches the fisheye lens effect
• Keep Looking Up! Jack Horkheimer (1938–2010) aka The Star Hustler is here for you

Music by Lee Rosevere (CC by 4.0)