We gathered in At Bristol's wonderful planetarium to watch and discuss The Day the Earth Stood Still (Klaatu, not Keanu). We were raising money for Age UK for this, our third live Cosmic Shed recording.
Andrew, Maddy, Ti and Steve were delighted to be joined by Professors Francesca Stavrakopoulou and Bruce Hood.
As we've discussed SETI and life in the universe quite a bit recently, we thought we'd look at Supernatural Belief this time...following on from our Ghostbusters episode. A revelation about R2D2, Moses and a fair bit about Jesus followed.
show notes
Francesca mentions animals appearing to have rituals attached to an "afterlife" belief. As it happens, the BBC's Emma Napper was in the audience (and in the shed the next day) and has filmed an elephant funeral which you can see here.
Andrew didn't mention this in the episode but had this song in his head for most of the evening...particularly when Professor Francesca was speaking.
Steve mentions Stop Killer Robots, Deep Mind and Tay, the racist, sexist, misogynist AI who only has humanity to blame.
Francesca mentions Ex Machina which we also loved
Jon Boden interview
Machinehood - S.B. Divya
The Midnight Sky
Astronaut Abby
The Mandalorian
My Octopus Teacher - Pippa Ehrlich Interview
Kellie Gerardi
Proxima
James Cameron's Avatar
Sasha Sagan interview
Assassin 33AD
Nicole Stott - Artist, Astronaut.
The Wandering Earth
May the 4th be with Dr Rebecca Harrison
The Neverending Story
Amy Bean - Moonwalker's Daughter.
Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Stanley Donwood's Bad Island
William Gibson Interview
Seven Worlds, One Planet - Chadden Hunter
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