Andy Weir is the author of The Martian and Artemis, and he has spent a lot of time thinking about traveling to and living on Mars. So after my previous video that discussed the dangers of going to Mars, Andy joins me to discuss the ideas that could make living there possible.
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You’ve probably heard the story, Ivan Pavlov rang a bell whenever he fed his dog and his dog learned to drool on command. But the truth is way, way more horrible.
Thanks to Ryan Twombly for his writing and research for this video.
Blockchain and cryptocurrencies exploded on the scene a few years ago, with Bitcoin booming and busting in 2017. Since then, things have been quieter in that space. But behind the scenes some cool innovations are happening. Today we talk about three of them.
Mirror Neurons are a cluster of cells in our brains that fire both when you take an action, but also when you see someone else take an action. These cells give us an accelerated ability to learn, and may play a part in empathy.
We hear a lot about carbon dioxide in discussions about climate change, but it’s not the main driving factor when it comes to the warming of the atmosphere. That’s something else entirely.