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Episode: 68 Xenogenesis - 3-Imago: III: Imago Chapters 9 & 10
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In episode 68, Richard and Michael discuss how our eyes adjust to darkness and how much more powerful the construct Oankali are in creating an aphrodisiac.
Timestamps
00:00:00 - Start
00:00:32 - Welcome
00:02:14 - Chapter 9 predictions
00:02:46 - Chapter 9 begins
00:05:58 - Darkvision [1 - 5]
00:15:44 - Back to chapter 9
00:18:18 - “You know we won’t”
00:19:34 - Chapter 10 prediction
00:22:12 - Chapter 10 summary
00:23:11 - Constructs are much more powerful
00:25:12 - Back to Chapter 10
00:26:31 - Brave New World and 1984
00:28:46 - Santons and his mouth
00:30:33 - End of chapter 10
00:31:28 - Thermal vision
00:34:55 - Chapter 11 predictions
00:36:31 - Outro
References
Adaptation to darkness:
- [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2140394/pdf/499.pdf - Review article from 1920 investigating the adaptation of our eyes to darkness.
- [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_eye#Components - Wiki article about the human eye.
- [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_phototransduction - Wiki article explaining the change in rhodopsin as well as the cyclic GMP involvement in amplification of the cycle.
Carrots and WWII propaganda:
- [4] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-wwii-propaganda-campaign-popularized-the-myth-that-carrots-help-you-see-in-the-dark-28812484/ - A very nice article about the whole development of the propaganda.
Vitamin A and dark vision:
- [5] https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/72/4/1004/4729452 - An article about how Vitamin A and beta-carotene increases responsiveness to dark.
Intro: L’Etoile danse (Pt. 1) by Meydan Outro: Long Way Home by Spinning Ratio
71 episode
Manage episode 349456696 series 2863477
In episode 68, Richard and Michael discuss how our eyes adjust to darkness and how much more powerful the construct Oankali are in creating an aphrodisiac.
Timestamps
00:00:00 - Start
00:00:32 - Welcome
00:02:14 - Chapter 9 predictions
00:02:46 - Chapter 9 begins
00:05:58 - Darkvision [1 - 5]
00:15:44 - Back to chapter 9
00:18:18 - “You know we won’t”
00:19:34 - Chapter 10 prediction
00:22:12 - Chapter 10 summary
00:23:11 - Constructs are much more powerful
00:25:12 - Back to Chapter 10
00:26:31 - Brave New World and 1984
00:28:46 - Santons and his mouth
00:30:33 - End of chapter 10
00:31:28 - Thermal vision
00:34:55 - Chapter 11 predictions
00:36:31 - Outro
References
Adaptation to darkness:
- [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2140394/pdf/499.pdf - Review article from 1920 investigating the adaptation of our eyes to darkness.
- [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_eye#Components - Wiki article about the human eye.
- [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_phototransduction - Wiki article explaining the change in rhodopsin as well as the cyclic GMP involvement in amplification of the cycle.
Carrots and WWII propaganda:
- [4] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-wwii-propaganda-campaign-popularized-the-myth-that-carrots-help-you-see-in-the-dark-28812484/ - A very nice article about the whole development of the propaganda.
Vitamin A and dark vision:
- [5] https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/72/4/1004/4729452 - An article about how Vitamin A and beta-carotene increases responsiveness to dark.
Intro: L’Etoile danse (Pt. 1) by Meydan Outro: Long Way Home by Spinning Ratio
71 episode
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