Month: February 2023

Episode 59 Sources: Spooky Triangles

Word on the street is that triangles are the spookiest shape, so let’s talk about some famous ones! Turns out, there are a whopping twelve triangle-shaped, paranormal regions across the globe. In this episode, we’ll debunk the most popular of them all, the Bermuda Triangle, as well as triangles in Lake Michigan, off the coast of Japan, and even one on land in Massachusetts!

Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, or iHeartRadio.

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Here are our sources for this episode:

  1. https://www.britannica.com/place/Bermuda-Triangle
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c7KMHfxkCc
  3. https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/oceanfacts-places.php
  4. https://www.awesomemitten.com/lake-michigan-triangle/
  5. https://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/Vessel/Details/538?region=LowerLakeMichigan
  6. https://alonewithnature.medium.com/the-disappearance-and-re-appearance-of-steven-kubacki-case-3aa9f2040943
  7. https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/courses/atsc113/flying/met_concepts/04-met_concepts/04b-h-Tstorm_hazards/Xinfo_Pstatic.html
  8. https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-no-methane-bubbles-don-t-sink-ships-in-the-bermuda-triangle
  9. https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/disasters-and-phenomena/flight-19.html
  10. https://www.history.com/news/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-flight-19
  11. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Kusche
  12. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle
  13. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Paranormal_triangles
  14. https://www.britannica.com/story/what-is-known-and-not-known-about-the-bermuda-triangle
  15. https://www.livescience.com/32240-is-the-bermuda-triangle-really-dangerous.html
  16. https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2021/october/uss-cyclops-deadliest-unsolved-mystery-navy
  17. https://numa.net/expeditions/cyclops/
  18. https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2021/10/28/her-loss-remains-unknown-the-mysterious-disappearance-of-the-uss-cyclops-ac-4/
  19. https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/the-bridgewater-triangle-abington-rehoboth-massachusetts-wbz-tv-it-happens-here/
  20. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgewater_Triangle

Episode 58 Sources: Robots, AI, & Simulation Theory, Oh My! Feat. Dr. Rebecca Gibson

Dr. Rebecca Gibson joins Meagan for a discussion on robots, artificial intelligence, and simulation theory for our first ever Substitute Sister episode! We talk about why robots sometimes freak us out, why you shouldn’t be too worried about an evil AI taking over the world, and why Meagan now thinks she might not be real. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, or iHeartRadio.

Rebecca can be found on Twitter @RGibsonGirl, Facebook – The Corseted Skeleton, and at her Amazon author page.

Key links mentioned in the show:

https://www.lovewithrobots.com/ 
https://www.hansonrobotics.com/sophia/

Here are our sources for this episode:

  1. Strange & Unexplained with Daisy Eagan, “The Simulation Theory: Is Any of this Real?” https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strange-and-unexplained-with-daisy-eagan/id1559242124?i=1000546491074
  2. Ologies with Alie Ward, “Quantum Ontology (WHAT IS REAL?) with Adam Becker” https://www.alieward.com/ologies/quantumontology
  3. Sexology with Dr. Moali, “Are We Ready to Have Sex with Robots? Featuring Dr. Rebecca Gibson” https://sexologypodcast.com/2020/10/13/ep198-are-we-ready-to-have-sex-with-robots-featuring-dr-rebecca-gibson/
  4. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-we-live-in-a-simulation-chances-are-about-50-50/
  5. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/4/10/18275618/simulation-hypothesis-matrix-rizwan-virk
  6. https://futurism.com/the-byte/robot-creepy-expressions-back
  7. https://ai.engineering.columbia.edu/ai-vs-machine-learning/
  8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis
  9. https://www.cnet.com/culture/why-robots-are-scary-and-cool/
  10. https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a28410087/uncanny-valley-robots-fear/
  11. https://www.livescience.com/62775-humans-why-scared-of-ai.html
  12. https://www.livescience.com/49009-future-of-artificial-intelligence.html
  13. https://www.livescience.com/62229-boycott-against-killer-robotics-lab.html 
  14. https://www.jneurosci.org/content/39/33/6555