A Little Bit Of Science
Fish on Prozac, AI Resurrections and the Universe is Ending (sooner)
27 May 2025
Ever wondered what happens when fish accidentally consume our medications? Or how AI might be bringing the dead back to testify at their own murder trials? Perhaps you've been losing sleep over the universe ending billions of billions of years sooner than expected? (We haven't.) Today we're diving into a scientific grab bag of the bizarre, the unsettling, and the downright ridiculous. From rivers flowing with pharmaceutical cocktails that are giving fish gender crises and enlarged genitalia, to the cosmic clock potentially ticking faster than we thought, to the historical irony of how the smartest guy in the room became synonymous with the dumbest. And just when you thought it was safe to prove you're human online, we'll reveal how those annoying CAPTCHAs might actually be training our future robot overlords. Buckle up for a journey through science's strangest corners—no PhD required, just a healthy appreciation for the absurd. Sources: https://futurism.com/ai-dead-brother-impact-statement?utm_term=Futurism%20//%20060725&utm_campaign=Futurism_Actives_Newsletter&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/10/john-duns-scotus-and-the-dunce-cap-a-brief-history-of-a-pointy-hat-that-was-once-a-symbol-of-respected-scholars.html https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-dunce-cap-wasnt-always-so-stupid https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/407949/anti-anxiety-depression-medication-wildlife-salmon https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/salmon-are-being-exposed-to-our-anti-anxiety-medication-and-its-making-them-take-more-risks-study-suggests-180986424/ https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1475-7516/2025/05/023?ref=404media.co https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(25)00266-0?ref=404media.co https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq808px90wxo Chris Pelkey video The Guardian CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 01:50 Impact of Drugs on Fish 03:53 Antidepressants and Fish Behaviour 07:19 Pharmaceutical Pollution and Its Consequences 12:31 AI and Legal Proceedings 22:59 Cosmology News: The Universe's Lifespan 23:43 The Immense Scale of the Universe 25:00 Theories on the Universe's End 26:02 Fossils from Previous Universes 28:12 The Story of John Duns Scotus 32:39 The Origin of the Dunce Cap 35:13 The Dunce Cap in Modern Times 40:17 The Evolution of CAPTCHAsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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