No one knows exactly what to expect if we encountered other forms of alien life. Would they talk like us? Look like us? Or would they be completely different? “What if, instead of encountering organic alien life, we met alien artificial intelligence?” This episode was produced in collaboration with Isaac […]
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Kenan Thompson brings back his science fiction author alter ego, Pernice Lafonk, to read an excerpt from his latest book The Scorpion Quasar. Late Night with Seth Meyers. Stream now on Peacock: https://bit.ly/3erP2gX Subscribe to Late Night: http://bit.ly/LateNightSeth Watch Late Night with Seth Meyers Weeknights 12:35ET/11:35c on NBC. Get more […]
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Rotating habitats and artificial gravity are a staple of science fiction movies and TV shows, but the realities of space travel means that someday we’ll have to get serious about artificial gravity to keep our astronauts and space travelers healthy. The question is, what’s the best way to do that, […]
Carbon is the primary building block of all life on Earth. Without it, humans would have no DNA. What if we tried replacing human life with silicon instead of carbon. What would silicon-based humans look and act like? Transcript and sources: https://whatifshow.com/what-if-humans-were-silicon-based-instead-of-carbon-based/ 00:00 Silicon-based life 00:53 Carbon life 02:32 Weak […]
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Hundreds of science fiction movies have been released over the decades, but only a few have left lasting legacies. From alien invasions to AI apocalypses, these are the greatest sci-fi films of all time. #SciFi #Movies #ScienceFiction Edge of Tomorrow | 0:00 The Rocky Horror Picture Show | 0:43 The […]
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Why are we really afraid of robots? Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Learn skills from the world’s top minds at Big Think Edge: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Robots (from the Czech word for laborer) began appearing in science fiction in the early 1900s as metaphors for real-world ideas and […]
