The Moral Molecule
| The Moral Molecule | |
| Number | 62 |
| Broadcast Date | June 13, 2011 |
| Episode Length | 1:32:14 |
| Hosts | Andrew Mayne, Brian Brushwood, Paul Zak |
Brian and Andrew are joined by special guest Dr. Paul Zak, author of the new book The Moral Molecule. They discuss how much of the body needs to be replaced by machine parts before you are no longer considered human. Also, the likelihood of robot sexually transmitted diseases. Narcisism inspired by chat bots, how little we know about our own brains and why we are constantly building our next generation to live forever.
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Oxytocin: The Moral Molecule
Dr. Paul Zak is one of the world's foremost researchers on the neurotransmitter, oxytocin. Essentially oxytocin makes you feel good- really good. It is involved with all sorts of human functions like orgasms, childbirth and human bonding.
I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That House Cleaning Robot
In the future we will probably have all sorts of humanoid robots walking around and doing our work for us, but if you have sex with them is it cheating?
Creating Life
What happens when we are able to pick and choose our children's traits prior to them being born? What about when we are able to create artificial life? It could be that our drive to create artificial life comes from the same drive to reproduce sexually.
Panspermia
Panspermia is the idea that ejecta from asteroid impacts transports life from one planet to another. Given the amount of time that life has existed on Earth, it is theoretically possible that ejecta from the Earth has actually put life on another planet in another solar system. Perhaps that's how life on Earth began.
Book Club
Brian
- Scam School Book 2!
Paul
Andrew
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| Preceded by: "Nothing Is Certain Except Death And Tanning" |
The Moral Molecule |
Followed by: "Big Things Have Weird Beginnings" |