Cell Phone Radiation, Why Its OK to Contaminate Other Worlds, and Types of Human Goals
Learn about how human goals fall into 4 categories; why NASA\u2019s Planetary Protection Independent Review Board (PPRIB) says we don\u2019t need to be so careful about infecting other worlds; and whether cell phone radiation is actually dangerous.
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about why a NASA panel says we don\u2019t need to be so careful about infecting other worlds: https://curiosity.im/2K3gzJg
Additional sources discussed:
- Psychologists analyze language to categorize human goals | EurekaAlert! \u2014 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/uow-pal102919.php
- Lexical Derivation of the PINT Taxonomy of Goals: Prominence, Inclusiveness, Negativity Prevention, and Tradition | The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College \u2014 https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1092&context=psyfac
- Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) for Cellular Telephones | Federal Communications Commission \u2014 https://www.fcc.gov/general/specific-absorption-rate-sar-cellular-telephones
- The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation | Forbes \u2014 https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2018/02/02/the-truth-about-cell-phone-radiation/#4a98baa192a3
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Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/cell-phone-radiation-why-its-ok-to-contaminate-other-worlds-and-types-of-human-goals
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