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Robin Ince, "The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity" (Atlantic Books, 2021)

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Nov 23, 2021
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
An Hundred and 12 Gigs in Three Months?
02:24 • 2min
3
How Did You Write This Book?
04:23 • 4min
4
What Pushed You Back to Science?
08:06 • 3min
5
Is There a Dogma in Science?
11:01 • 5min
6
Is Conscious Isis?
16:06 • 2min
7
What Makes You Go for Science More Than Philosophy?
18:11 • 4min
8
How Did You Begin to Collaborate With a Comedy Writer?
22:23 • 5min
9
Is That How You Approached This Book?
27:11 • 4min
10
Live Gigging
31:11 • 3min
11
The Only Rest You Get Is in Front of Two Thousand People
33:41 • 2min
12
Lenny Henry, Is That Too Paralysing?
36:06 • 4min
13
Dealing With Scientific Topics, Is That a Natural Fit?
40:10 • 6min
14
I've Got No Idea How to Be a Father
45:55 • 4min
15
How to Persuade People Into the Scientific Fold
50:24 • 2min
16
The Beginning Point in Science Education
52:04 • 5min
17
Are You a Flat Earther?
56:49 • 2min
18
Book Review - Is There a Book Like Infinite Monkey Cage?
59:03 • 3min
19
Are You Picking Your Poison?
01:02:31 • 2min
20
Comedy Is a What If?
01:04:32 • 5min
21
Is Free Will an Illusion?
01:09:09 • 4min
22
You're Your Comic Devices
01:12:40 • 2min
23
Those Are the Things That Struck Me the Most About Rusty Schwicot Apollonine and Nicholl Stott
01:14:40 • 3min
24
The Asteronauts - A Novelty Experience
01:17:43 • 3min
25
The Disparity Between the Rich and the Poor
01:20:18 • 3min
26
The Voyager Golden Record
01:23:32 • 2min
27
The Drake Equation
01:25:27 • 2min
28
The Humanity of Chimpanzees
01:27:20 • 4min
29
Stop Arguing, It Doesn't Matter
01:31:26 • 2min
30
I Don't Care About Assimulation Theory
01:33:06 • 2min
31
The Death of a Child
01:35:12 • 4min
32
Are You Optimistic About Science Education?
01:39:39 • 2min