Decipher Scifi : The Show About How And Why

Adaptations Appreciating the book(s). Bigtime. Adapting Douglas Adams. Remembering the text adventure video game exists. Dolphins Dolphin intelligence. It’s not about how smart they are, it’s about how they’re smart. Mammalian sameness as an avenue into better understanding life in the sea. Dolphin communication. Dolphin “language” and the possibility of translation. The Dolphin C.H.A.T. interface. Betelgeuse Big star! Red supergiant, 9th brightest in our sky. “Brightness” outside the visible spectrum. Dying stars gnoshing on their planets before going off. Life form dominance Metal boxes, taking over the planet and slowly digesting the soft squishy things inside them. Street Fighter-style car-breaking. How to judge the “top” species of a world. Babel fish Universal translators. A visit from Nick Farmer from the past, when we asked him about universal translators in our Q&A #2. Space is big Mind-bogglingly big! The bigness of space and the difficulty in finding a sense of scale from