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Prolescum  Posts: 5007Joined: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:41 pmLocation: Peptone-upon-Sores
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 As the cogs begin to turn on producing episode 3, the focus of this thread is possible topics for episode 4. As always, all thoughts are welcome and no topic or suggestion will go unconsidered. Also, if you'd like to get involved with the show, send a PM with your ideas, contributions or suggestions (whatever's on your mind) to either me or one of the other production chaps. You can still post your thoughts on episode 3 in the link above. Good hunting!
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| Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:09 am |
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ProlescumPosts: 5007Joined: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:41 pmLocation: Peptone-upon-Sores
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So... we're thinking about discussing bread recipes.
If you'd like to sway us toward a less yeasty topic, post below!
if constructive debate is allowed to progress, better ideas will ultimately supplant worse ideas.Comment is free, but facts are sacred
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| Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:44 pm |
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Anachronous Rex  Posts: 2008Joined: Mon Jun 07, 2010 4:07 pmLocation: Kansas City, MO
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A New Hope?
Our prefrontal lobes are too small. Much too small. That's a problem of the birth canal, I'm very sorry to say for those that like their birth canals... tight.
-C. Hitchens.
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| Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:08 pm |
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ProlescumPosts: 5007Joined: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:41 pmLocation: Peptone-upon-Sores
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Anachronous Rex wrote:A New Hope? Well there's probably a half-decent pun in there.
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| Sat Mar 10, 2012 3:27 pm |
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Inferno  Posts: 2298Joined: Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:36 pmLocation: Vienna, Austria
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Didn't we already agree on a topic for episode 4? Surely you're looking for epi 5...
"Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed." ― Friedrich Nietzsche
"I shall achieve my objectives through the power... of Science!" --LessWrong
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| Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:33 pm |
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Dora  Posts: 45Joined: Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:50 pm
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How about some recurring (5 minute segments)
suggestions made in the chat yesterday were:
Logical Fallacy Du Jour - where you take 5 minutes to explain the concept and add some typical examples
Must Reads (books)
Must Sees (movies / documentaries)
Post of the Month (I think this one is obvious)
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| Sun Mar 11, 2012 2:08 pm |
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Dean  Posts: 593Joined: Sun May 22, 2011 1:49 pmLocation: United Kingdom
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DoraDora wrote:How about some recurring (5 minute segments)
suggestions made in the chat yesterday were:
- 1.) Logical Fallacy Du Jour - where you take 5 minutes to explain the concept and add some typical examples
- 2.) Must Reads (books)
- 3.) Must Sees (movies / documentaries)
- 4.) Post of the Month (I think this one is obvious)
(I have adjusted the format, only)Yeah. And perhaps as an attachment,maybes some sort of cosmological / astrophysical discussion could be in order, in the vain of Lawrence M. Krauss', e.g. regarding the ideas set forth in his latest book, "A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing". I imagine that could be amusing, not to mention rather fascinating, albeit it's not a topic that we ought to focus the whole show on, IMO.  This idea came to mind having read through the thread on his book in the Science & Mathematics subforum.
~~L.N “You ask ‘Is there any Florida?’ I’m inclined to answer ‘No.’ There is no Florida, there’s only this, this England, which nauseates my soul.” – DH Lawrenceانقلابی
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| Sun Mar 11, 2012 4:22 pm |
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CommonEnlightenment Posts: 649Joined: Wed Sep 23, 2009 2:06 amLocation: Plato Crater
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How about an episode that deals with the idea of tackling Presuppositional Apologetics......
Oh, I don't know, perhaps the group should take on a few of the arguments presented by C.S. Lewis.......
There is still light in the 'Earthly' darkness. Finding light in the darkness can be more satisfying than merely seeing the glaring light of our sun. It gives us a better understanding of light and a deeper understanding of our universe.
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| Fri Mar 16, 2012 6:54 am |
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DeanPosts: 593Joined: Sun May 22, 2011 1:49 pmLocation: United Kingdom
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CommonEnlightenmentCommonEnlightenment wrote:["¦] Oh, I don't know, perhaps the group should take on a few of the arguments presented by C.S. Lewis. ["¦] I have to admit, Lewis is derisively over-sold as a philosopher. Leave him to write about talking lions.
~~L.N “You ask ‘Is there any Florida?’ I’m inclined to answer ‘No.’ There is no Florida, there’s only this, this England, which nauseates my soul.” – DH Lawrenceانقلابی
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| Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:46 pm |
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Noth  Posts: 335Joined: Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:25 pmLocation: the Nether-regions
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Keep the suggestions coming people Also suggestions of things to do on the shows For ep. 3 we added a seperate voice to read out quotes and definitions, and personally I'd love to have short segments like the ones mentioned above (post of the month etc) if we can fit it into coming episodes
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| Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:04 pm |
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Laurens  Posts: 2986Joined: Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:24 pmLocation: Norwich UK
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Might be a bit gimmicky but what about including some short regular sections to the show, you know like 'Such and such of the month' - which you'd return to in each show?
Edit: Yeah what Dora said...
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| Sat Mar 31, 2012 10:05 pm |
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LaurensPosts: 2986Joined: Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:24 pmLocation: Norwich UK
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Also, it would be interesting if we could try to recruit people with opposing points of view to get a bit of debate going. Agree or not...?
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| Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:21 pm |
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ProlescumPosts: 5007Joined: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:41 pmLocation: Peptone-upon-Sores
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Laurens wrote:Also, it would be interesting if we could try to recruit people with opposing points of view to get a bit of debate going. Agree or not...? I'm afraid that is entirely topic-dependent.  I feel there was disagreement in the last episode, it was just handled with courtesy and respect from all parties. Do you have a topic in mind?
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| Mon Apr 02, 2012 5:37 pm |
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LaurensPosts: 2986Joined: Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:24 pmLocation: Norwich UK
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Prolescum wrote:Do you have a topic in mind? Hmm... How about something science based maybe? 'How important is scientific literacy to society?' or something of the sort.
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| Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:26 pm |
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The Implications of Scientific Illiteracy within the Regulation of Scientific Persuits
aka American GOP.
Some would insinuate that being drunk at 9 in the morning to be signs of serious issues.
Me? I'd insinuate it as signs of no plans and a refrigerator full of Whiskey and Guinness.
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| Mon Apr 02, 2012 10:58 pm |
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ProlescumPosts: 5007Joined: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:41 pmLocation: Peptone-upon-Sores
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Laurens wrote:'How important is scientific literacy to society?' or something of the sort. In my severely honest view, that question can be answered in a single word. I'm probably missing some nuance. Personally, I'd quite like the panel to tackle a big political hot potato...
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| Tue Apr 03, 2012 12:20 am |
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he_who_is_nobody  Posts: 3431Joined: Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:36 amLocation: Albuquerque, New Mexico
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This could be fun to discuss.
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| Tue Apr 03, 2012 1:30 am |
 
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ProlescumPosts: 5007Joined: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:41 pmLocation: Peptone-upon-Sores
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he_who_is_nobody wrote:This could be fun to discuss. In what way?
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| Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:37 am |
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LaurensPosts: 2986Joined: Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:24 pmLocation: Norwich UK
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Prolescum wrote:Laurens wrote:'How important is scientific literacy to society?' or something of the sort.
In my severely honest view, that question can be answered in a single word. I'm probably missing some nuance.
Personally, I'd quite like the panel to tackle a big political hot potato... I'd agree that it can be answered in a single word, but perhaps the extent to which scientific illiteracy affects society could be discussed, and how to solve those problems? I guess a political hot potato would be something to do with the economy, or something like 'Is Iran a threat to the West?' I dunno...
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| Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:58 am |
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ProlescumPosts: 5007Joined: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:41 pmLocation: Peptone-upon-Sores
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Laurens wrote:I'd agree that it can be answered in a single word, but perhaps the extent to which scientific illiteracy affects society could be discussed, and how to solve those problems? Now that's more like it
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| Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:58 am |
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Topics for episode 4