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Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and Others) [Episode 28] »
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Who are your favourite Science fiction authors? What are your favourite stories/movies?
Why do people have emotions and feelings? How do emotions and feelings work? Happiness, anger, etc...
In the space of all possible mental states, what is the ratio of positive vs negative states? Is this a relative quantity? Does it obey certain transformations?
If people didn't have emotions then nothing would ever get done.
Do you think the set of emotions is finite? Is it possible evolution to bring a new kind of emotion in that set? Can we artificially create a new emotion?
Given our brains are most likely the source of our thoughts/emotions/etc. If there is a finite set of combinations of matter in the brain, could there then be a set of all possible thoughts?
What about the movie The Matrix?
What about the movie The Matrix?
If the resistance goes to zero, would the electron start accelerating without bound?
Why doesn't every single thought episode last forever? why does thought disappear after it arise?
How do you get your staff to get so much done, especially so much hard stuff??
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