Down The Rabbit Hole

Episode  049 On this episode… How much damage do you think a simple GIF image can do? Today’s episode was inspired by a very surprising and scary news: a GIF that triggered a US journalist’s seizure should be considered a deadly weapon, a Texas grand jury has said in an unprecedented ruling. Therefore we revisit some […] The post The Spy in Plain Sight – DRH049 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Episode  048 On this episode… Some scientists think we already understand what consciousness is, or that it is a mere illusion. But many others feel we have not grasped where consciousness comes from at all. For one thing, the mind seemed, to the great discomfort of physicists, to force its way into early quantum theory. “Quantum […] The post Quantum Woo – DRH048 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio...

Episode  047 On this episode… Why happy music makes you do bad things? This was the question that launched our curiosity to talk about it. For this we invited our previous guest: Daniel Patrick Cohen is a British musician and teacher based in Romania with a range of musical interests, including film music, hip hop […] The post Happy Music – Dark Minds – DRH047 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Episode  046 On this episode… Artificial Intelligence, we have talked about it before in the show (check episodes Rise of the Machines Part 1 and Part 2), but this time it has a different approach. We will talk about the impact of the development of AI, socially and economically. How do you think AI will impact […] The post Say hello to your AI Overlords – DRH046 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio...

Episode  045 On this episode… Welcome to a floating episode of Down the Rabbit Hole! In this episode we talk about Seasteading or as we also called it: Water World. Have you heard about Seasteading? Seasteading is the concept of creating permanent dwellings at sea, called seasteads, outside the territory claimed by any government. Seasteaders […] The post Water World: Seasteading – DRH045 appeared...

Episode  044 On this episode… In this trip Down the Rabbit Hole we talk about Cognitive Bias. A cognitive bias refers to the systematic pattern of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment, whereby inferences about other people and situations may be drawn in an illogical fashion. Individuals create their own “subjective social reality” from […] The post Cognitive Bias – DRH044 appeared first...

Episode  043 On this episode… This episode is all about Magic. Magic: The power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces. Abracadabra, will take us through some insights regarding magic and who were some of the most known performers of magic and magicians as well. The new format starts to settle better and […] The post Abracadabra – DRH043 appeared first on Dark...

Episode  042 On this episode… The new format is here! Check out what are we doing and for sure this is a work in progress. We will be adapting and slightly adjusting to this new way to present the show. We would greatly appreciate your feedback regarding not only the subjects but also your suggestions […] The post Mother Earth – Extreme Survival – DRH042 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Episode  041 On this episode… With this episode we finish the best and worst of 2016 related to science. This time we go through the good and noteworthy that we found. If we missed something let us know! One important announcement: From the next episode you will be able to listen our new format. We […] The post Best and Worst in Science of 2016 – Part 2 – DRH041 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Episode  040 On this episode… The first episode of 2017! We wanted to make a fast review of some of the best and worst discoveries of 2016. During our research we noticed that it was a bit hard to find “bad” science outcomes during the year and that mostly all the lists refer to what […] The post Best and Worst in Science of 2016 – DRH040 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Episode  039 On this episode… We are in 2017. But we really had a great time while doing the live show and recording with people that were guests in our show. This is our Christmas show. We talk about how was it for us, how it’s nowadays and how we imagine will be in the […] The post So this was/is/will be Christmas – DRH039 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Episode  038 On this episode… At the beginning of the show we mention episode 37 but actually it’s episode 38! The second part of this interesting topic, End of the World Predictions, but this time we talk about the predictions made by scientists. One of the closest predictions is related to finishing the natural resources […] The post End of the World Predictions – Part 2 – DRH038 appeared first...

Episode  037 On this episode… This week we talk about the predictions made about the end of the world. After making some research you can find that practically every month there is one! We start the show going from the most famous/known predictions since the first one we could find, 66–70 AD. Let us know […] The post End of the World Predictions – DRH037 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Episode  036 On this episode… The second part of our podcast with our special guest: Daniel Patrick Cohen is a British musician and teacher based in Romania with a range of musical interests, including film music, hip hop and electronic music. Daniel produced a 90-minute score for Alfred Hitchcock’s first silent feature film The Pleasure […] The post Don’t turn off! – Videogaming, music and other...

Episode  035 On this episode… In this episode we have a special guest: Daniel Patrick Cohen is a British musician and teacher based in Romania with a range of musical interests, including film music, hip hop and electronic music. Daniel produced a 90-minute score for Alfred Hitchcock’s first silent feature film The Pleasure Garden, which […] The post Don’t turn off! – Videogaming, music and other...

Episode  034 On this episode… The second part of the show where we go through some of the built Nazi weapons during WWII. Which one do you think is the most interesting? For pictures of the weapons check the links below. See you next week! Links: The post Nazi Super Weapons – Part 2 – DRH034 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Episode  033 On this episode… There is a phrase that says: desperate times, desperate measures. Nazi Germany was able to create a lot technological breakthroughs,  among of which of course we can mention lot of weapons. But there were also some of them that remain as a mystery. Were they developed? What other special divisions […] The post Nazi Super Weapons – DRH033 appeared first on Dark Mind Ra...

Episode  032 On this episode… This is the second part of our topic about Mars and its colonization. During the episode we talk about the Missions that have been sent to Mars, successful or not and we continue discussing the current projects, private and from the government to colonize the Red Planet. Do you think […] The post Mars – Part 2 – DRH032 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Episode  031 On this episode… In the previous weeks Mars has become again point of discussion specially after the announcement by Elon Musk regarding his plan to colonize the red planet. We start the show with few facts about Mars like: Once we settled those facts we went through some of the most common conspiracy […] The post Mars – DRH031 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

Episode  030 On this episode… The Ig Nobel Prizes are parodies of the Nobel Prizes given out each autumn for 10 unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. They have been awarded since 1991, with the stated aim to “honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think”. The awards can be […] The post The Ig Nobel Prizes – DRH030 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .

On this episode… Join Karl Baldwin and myself, Rafael Ruiz in the second part of this interesting topic. A rogue planet, also known as an interstellar planet or nomad-planet, free-floating planet, orphan planet, wandering planetor starless planet, is a planetary-mass object that orbits the galaxy directly and not a star. Since the 19th Century evidence […] The post Rogue Planet: Alien Life – Part...

On this episode… Yes, today is International Podcast Day! We are joining the celebration publishing the new episode of Down the Rabbit Hole today. If you like podcasts share your favorite with someone (family, coworker, friend, teammate, etc.) and don’t forget to mention Down the Rabbit Hole 😀 You could as well give us some […] The post Rogue Planet: Alien Life – DRH028 appeared first on Dark Min...

On this episode… We continue with part 2 of the topic Human Cloning. About CloningIn biology, cloning is the process of producing similar populations of genetically identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as bacteria, insects or plants reproduce asexually. The term clone, invented by J. B. S. Haldane, is derived from the […] The post Human Cloning (Part 2) – DRH027 appeared...

On this episode… In biology, cloning is the process of producing similar populations of genetically identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as bacteria, insects or plants reproduce asexually. Cloning in biotechnology refers to processes used to create copies of DNA fragments (molecular cloning), cells (cell cloning), or organisms. The term also refers […] The post Human Clo...

On this episode… Everybody has heard of the Placebo effect – the ability of the mind to heal through simple belief (from the Latin for “I will please”). Well, it has a dark side, an ability to cause physical harm purely through suggestion – this is called the Nocebo effect (from the Latin for “I […] The post Placebo-Nocebo (Part 2) – DRH025 appeared first on Dark Mind Radio .