Podcasts Science Decipher SciFi Midnight Special: fatherhood, synesthesia, and unconventional computing

Midnight Special: fatherhood, synesthesia, and unconventional computing

Published: May 30, 2017, 9:45 a.m.

Superpowers? \n\n

Energy usage and biclops lasereyes.

\n\n Radio reception \n\n

The old wive\u2019s tale of dental fillings picking up terrestrial radio signals. Satellite military communications\xa0frequencies.

\n\n Alternative\xa0Computing \n\n

Quantum and DNA computing. Synesthesia. Recognizing that we are all synesthetes within the bounds of \u201cnormal\u201d human brain operations.

\n\n Dimensions \n\n

Extra- super- ultra-dimensionality. Flatland\xa0again.

\n\n Superdimensional Beings \n\n

\u201cBeings of light\u201d and why this might be the most reasonable\xa0example of the trope. The world on the other side.

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  1. \n\t\t\t\tCarl Sagan on Dimensions: YouTube\n\t\t\t
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  2. \n\t\t\t\tArrival Part 1: superdimensionality and alien physics w/ Jolene & Adrian: Decipher SciFi\n\t\t\t
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