Heroes and Villains (The Martian and Ex-Machina)

The Character of Science

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Focusing on the 2013 film Ex Machina and the 2015 film The Martian, we will discuss what effect the simplistic representations of scientists in popular culture as either heroes or as villains has on the publics’ view of science.
Jon Roberts is joined by Dr Stuart Vyse , psychologist and writer, consulting editor for Skeptical Inquirer magazine where he also writes the 'Behavior & Belief' column, author of 'Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition' and 'Superstition: A Very Short Introduction,' and Dr Kanta Dihal, a senior research fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge, where she leads the Global AI Narratives and Decolonizing AI research projects.

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Heroes and Villains (The Martian and Ex-Machina)

The Character of Science

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Pay-to-play Genetics (Gattaca) 1:02:04

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Many companies are now taking advantage of rapid advancements in genetic technology to offer (and heavily market) new services in reproductive healthcare. This episode will consider these recent developments alongside the 1997 film Gattaca . This film depicts a society with a genetics-based hierarchy where parents can choose the genetic makeup of their children, but only if they can afford it . Using Gattaca as a starting point we discuss the implications of new genetic technologies being only available to certain sectors of society. Gattaca serves as a good starting point to think about inequality of access to genetic testing. If genetic testing is only available to those who can afford it, might this lead to an echelon of society who can, in effect, opt out of genetic risk? How can the rhetoric of choice serve to stigmatise those who have children with genetic conditions? Many of those working in genetics will focus on the patient in front on them. They wish to do right by them and offer them choices that they feel will improve their lives, especially when those choices are as emotionally loaded as pertaining to the wellbeing of their future children. However, how to we ensure that such choices do not end up perpetuating social injustice?…

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Heroes and Villains (The Martian and Ex-Machina) 43:31

3 years ago43:31

43:31

Focusing on the 2013 film Ex Machina and the 2015 film The Martian , we will discuss what effect the simplistic representations of scientists in popular culture as either heroes or as villains has on the publics’ view of science. Jon Roberts is joined by Dr Stuart Vyse , psychologist and writer, consulting editor for Skeptical Inquirer magazine where he also writes the 'Behavior & Belief' column, author of 'Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition' and 'Superstition: A Very Short Introduction,' and Dr Kanta Dihal, a senior research fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge, where she leads the Global AI Narratives and Decolonizing AI research projects.…

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Life Imitating Art (Contagion/Covid) 48:47

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