Episode: 11 Xenogenesis - Dawn: III: Nursery Chapters 2 & 3

Show Notes

In Episode 11, Richard and Michael discuss the characters and the potential problems with the new humans that Lilith decided to Awaken.

Timestamps

00:00:32 - Intro
00:01:22 - Chapter 2 predictions
00:02:43 - Chapter 2 summary begins
00:04:50 - Ice-cold Lilith
00:07:47 - Chapter 2 summary finishes
00:08:04 - Discussion on the belief that aliens abducted them
00:11:20 - Michael’s hypothesis on the background of chosen humans for Awakening
00:13:00 - “Evil” scientist trope ethics [1, 2]
00:15:30 - Encryption (and blockchain)
00:20:25 - “The Trustee”
00:23:40 - Chapter 3 predictions
00:24:35 - Chapter 3 summary begins
00:25:30 - Problem with Tate’s attitude
00:31:14 - Long conversation about nuclear war starts…
00:45:30 - …and finishes
00:46:00 - Discussion about the next people to be Awaken
00:49:00 - Continuation on the chapter 3 summary
00:49:45 - “You might as well feel good when you do it”
00:52:00 - Pleasure and “Demolition Man” movie
00:55:30 - We are really suspicious of Tate and her manipulations
00:58:13 - The rotation of humans inside of the plant to stimulate the muscles [3 - 5]
01:03:35 - Sneak attack and discussion on Lilith’s Terminator powers
01:08:35 - “Do you want to kill yourself? Go for it” - Ice-cold Lilith…
01:11:33 - Chapter 3 ends
01:13:00 - Discussion on Lilith’s attitude to the Oankali and Michael’s prediction of the next chapters and books
01:24:55 - Discussion on the speed of Awakening people
01:33:20 - Outro

References

Ethics and scientists:

• [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project - What was the Manhattan project.
• [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilomar_Conference_on_Recombinant_DNA - Asilomar conference.

Muscle stimulation:

• [3] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3321528/ - Primary research article on the effectiveness of electrical muscle stimulation in critically ill patients.
• [4] https://opentextbc.ca/anatomyandphysiology/chapter/10-3-muscle-fiber-contraction-and-relaxation/ - Textbook article on the muscle contraction
• [5] http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/301notes3.htm - Another website with textbook article on why the skeletal muscles cannot contract without nerve stimulation.

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