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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Could the Internet feel happy or depressed? That's a distinct possibility, according to Christof Koch. In this EXTENDED interview, he talks about computer consciousness, God, and just what it means that our brains have a hundred billion neurons and trillions of synapses. Koch wonders whether all matter might have consciousness. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Eula Biss recommends "The Argonauts" by Maggie Nelson.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Elizabeth Lunbeck’s Dangerous Idea is narcissism is good.

 

 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Dwight Reynolds talks with Steve Paulson about the history of religious tolerance in Al-Andalus and how it was reflected in the music of Moorish Spain.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Edmonds talks with Jim Fleming about Bobby Fischer’s infamous chess match with Boris Spassky for the World Chess Championship in 1972.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Bill Streever is an Alaskan biologist and a "cryophile" - someone who loves the cold.  He describes what it's like to jump into freezing water as hypothermia starts to set in.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

He's produced albums for Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day and Foo Fighters. After decades in the business, Butch Vig says that new technologies are changing the music industry.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Father Thomas Keating tells Steve Paulson why he believes everyone ought to practice contemplative meditation.

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