Episode: 50 Xenogenesis - Adulthood-Rites: IV: HOME Chapters 3 & 4

Show Notes

In episode 50, Richard and Michael discuss the effects of hypothermia on the human body, dislike towards Gabe and the fact that Akin has Stockholm syndrome.

Timestamps

00:00:00 - Start
00:00:32 - Welcome
00:01:33 - Expectations towards Gabe
00:02:07 - Chapter 3 predictions
00:03:01 - Chapter 3 summary
00:04:56 - Hypothermia and cryopreservation [1 - 5]
00:11:09 - Disney, the supreme leader
00:13:49 - Our disagreement about immortality
00:18:41 - Chapter 3 summary again
00:23:30 - Chapter 4 predictions
00:25:25 - Chapter 4 summary
00:26:50 - Akin’s fetish
00:27:53 - Yori’s journal
00:30:05 - Oankali and solitude
00:32:19 - Gabe’s visits
00:35:01 - More visitors and Akin’s Stockholm syndrome
00:38:23 - Comedic timing
00:41:15 - Chapter 5 predictions
00:43:47 - Harry Potter and Methods of Rationality
00:45:21 - Outro

References

Hypothermia :

• [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297075/ - Article about deep hypothermia in cardiac surgery.
• [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844235/ - Thermoregulation during anaesthesia and issues with mild hypothermia.
• [3] https://www.wjgnet.com/2218-6182/full/v4/i3/58.htm - Issues with mild hypothermia during surgery.
• [4] https://pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiology/article/95/2/531/39838/Complications-and-Treatment-of-Mild-Hypothermia - Additional article about hypothermia

Cryopreservation and microwaves:

• [5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tdiKTSdE9Y - Tom Scott’s video about microwaves.

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