The Ineffable Planet of Sentient Goo
Alienating the Audience
English - June 20, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 109 MB - ★★★★★ - 201 ratingsScience Fiction Fiction Comedy comedy humor sciencefiction scifi Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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"Solaris" by Stanislaw Lem follows a crew of scientists trying to understand an utterly alien intelligence--a planet covered by an ocean of (apparently?) conscious goop. How can we communicate with something truly, truly foreign to our evolution and understanding? How can we even confirm it's "intelligent"? John Krikorian returns to discuss.
"Solaris" by Stanislaw Lem follows a crew of scientists trying to understand an utterly alien intelligence--a planet covered by an ocean of (apparently?) conscious goop. How can we communicate with something truly, truly foreign to our evolution and understanding? How can we even confirm it's "intelligent"? John Krikorian returns to discuss.