Adam looks behind the latest headlines that suggest we may have discovered life on the planet Venus. Cristina takes us down a fun rabbit hole when she explores how David Bowie pulled off one of the biggest art hoaxes in history. Finally, Darren crushes three book reviews spanning wildly different, equally fascinating topics: ‘From Darwin to Derrida’, ‘The History of the Future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality’, and ‘Life After Google’.
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Life On Venus?
Life on Venus? Astronomers See a Signal in Its Clouds – The New York Times
SO, ASTRONOMERS *MAY* HAVE FOUND EVIDENCE OF LIFE ON VENUS – Bad Astronomy
Phosphine on Venus Cannot be Explained by Conventional Processes
Holmesian fallacy – Rational Wiki
Did David Bowie Mastermind An Art Hoax?
Salon: Never Forget David Bowie Masterminded The Biggest Art Hoax In History
The Guardian: William Boyd: how David Bowie and I hoaxed the art world
Independent: David Bowie: How I exposed the pop star’s fake artist
The Guardian: William Boyd: how David Bowie and I hoaxed the art world
Independent: David Bowie: How I exposed the pop star’s fake artist
Salon: Never Forget David Bowie Masterminded The Biggest Art Hoax In History
Book Reviews: Evolution, Oculus, and Google
So… How many weeks until you do a segment about how the David Bowie hoax story is, itself, actualy a hoax? 😉
Anyway, lovely show as always. I hope you’re all still well and that your world is getting a bit more sane every day. (Not for me though: I’m in the U.S. *le sigh*) Take care.
So… How many weeks until you do a segment about how the David Bowie hoax story is, itself, actualy a hoax? 😉
Anyway, lovely show as always. I hope you’re all still well and that your world is getting a bit more sane every day. (Not for me though: I’m in the U.S. *le sigh*) Take care.