Bloggingheads.tv: Science Faction

Tough times for objective reality ... Animal personhood ... What if everything’s conscious? ... Daniel Dennett’s idea of consciousness as a "user illusion" ... Is science getting less exciting? ... Big data and neural networks ... Save the date: A nation-wide solar eclipse in August ...

The life of a science journalist ... Mike’s new book about Lonni Sue, a woman who lost her memories ... Lonni Sue’s artistic talent: Lost and found ... Do memories make you “you"? ... Using tech to enhance your memory ... Why Mike thinks predictions about the Singularity are fantasy ... The Science March: Good idea or bad idea? ...

John's drama with the Skeptic community ... The mind-body problem ... Pseudo-scientific examinations of consciousness ... The computer that beat a Go master ... Questions raised by quantum computing ... Dorian Electra and the Electrodes ...

Why TV interviews are weird ... Understanding integrative information theory ... John's critique of the theory ... Does information exist independent of our brains? ... How desire defines biology ... The cult of Bayesianism ...

George: Science is based on indisputable facts…sort of ... Why science is limited by our puny brains ... How scientific progress actually happens ... Will our descendants think we’re primitive? ... Why we may never “solve” the brain ... Is science discovered, or invented? ...

Air conditioning inside, apocalyptic weather outside ... Are the dangers of nuclear weapons exaggerated? ... Costs and benefits of the total eradication of nukes ... Is it time for a second look at population control? ... When physicists feared a nuclear blast could destroy the Earth ... The real reason why Hiroshima was chosen ...

A promising new way to fight cancer? ... ...and how cancer fights back ... False positives and disconcerting diagnoses ... Does more money pay for better care? ... Paying for care we don't need ... Why Americans must change their thinking about healthcare ...

A new edition of John's 1996 book, The End of Science ... The big unknowns: the origins of consciousness… ... …and the origins of the universe ... Is a "theory of everything" an impossibility? ... George vs. the "electrosensitives" ... A middle ground between Jenny McCarthyism and scientist worship ...

Neuroskeptic explains why he stays anonymous ... Is science broken? ... How to reform scientific research ... Why neuroimaging likely won't help cure mental illness ... Serotonin, oxytocin, and our limited neurochemical knowledge ... Why you'll never be able to "upload" your consciousness ...

How some 1960s hippies saved physics (no, really) ... When pioneering physics was brought to the masses ... The brilliant, clashing scientists at the Santa Fe Institute ... A study on cancer and randomness causes a stir ... What we can never know about the universe's origins ... American Sniper and the psychology of war ...