Below are the topics and the notes I've collected for them.
- questions of the weeks
- why /should/ there be a separation of church and state?
- what is the difference between hurricanes, typhoons, maelstroms?
- does truth exist?
- why do humans have social needs?
- would a human-level AI replace the need for best friends?
- http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/caleb_chung_plays_with_pleo.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belongingness#Evolutionary_perspectives
- Eliza and the Turing Test
- what should you do to maximize your chance of a relationship on a date?
- adrenaline mistaken for attraction (psychology: it works, bitches!)
- do animals burp?
- why do roosters crow at dawn?
- how do 3d glasses work?
- physics of getting yourself swinging
- musical imagery
- hurdles with audience
- picket fence
- cages
- graph paper
- DDR tracks
- bookshelves
- rick roll
- communism = democracy
- if totally transparent government
- IAT to measure cultural associations