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Sending PoetsNotebookLM prompting for Pumpkin Heads part 4Wrapping up this particular flavor of iteration curation, we added the YouTube link for the final Callin archive Pumpkin Heads discussion (posted in this feed on 10/20/24) as a source in NotebookLM. The generated conversation was again impressive while still exhibiting obvious room for growth and enhancement.
Key points:
- Female host started this one
- The creator (singular)
- “Neighborhood barbecue” (not B-B-Q this time)
- First infected “starts flirting with Dad’s best friend…”?
- WASP knife angle explained correctly this time!
- Both hosts eventually say “WASP P knife”
2024-11-171h 01Sending PoetsNotebookLM prompting for Pumpkin Heads part 3Following from the last episode, we added the YouTube link for episode 2 of the Callin archive Pumpkin Heads discussion (posted in this feed on 10/13/24) as a source in NotebookLM. And then, you guessed, it, we regenerated the "conversation" and again, the iterative method bears fruit.
Key points:
- Almost get a sense that the hosts are getting more comfortable with the material, more jokes and smoother back and forth
- Less “your notes” stuff
- “The writers” instead…
- “This one’s a doozy” - Groundhog Day homage? Ha ha ha
- “I can alrea...
2024-11-1040 minSending PoetsNotebookLM prompting for Pumpkin Heads part 2In this second round of using Google's AI tool, NotebookLM, to facilitate development of the Pumpkin Heads story, we added a new source: the YouTube link for episode 1 of the Callin archive Pumpkin Heads discussion (posted in this feed on 10/6/24). Then we regenerated the "conversation" and while you can judge for yourself, we definitely could tell an improvement just from that additional source.
Key points:
- Mostly similar but some new stuff, focus on parts not mentioned in the first iteration
- “Your notes, your concept, your…”
- This was interesting… the referen...
2024-11-0333 minSending PoetsNotebookLM prompting for Pumpkin Heads part 1Continuing with the Pumpkin Heads theme, we're checking out the Google AI tool NotebookLM to see what it has to offer. Specifically, you can use it to generate a short "conversation" between two AI hosts and it's pretty remarkable, team. For this iteration we loaded NotebookLM with the written sources of the Pumpkin Heads story. We discuss some high level points and then have included the AI conversation for you listening pleasure.
Key points:
- “The creators”
- “B-B-Q”
- “WASP P”
- The scene where the mom kills her son “When I r...
2024-10-2727 minSending PoetsCallin archives: Pumpkin Heads part 3NOTE: this episode was pulled from the Callin platform we started with. Apologies for the drop in audio quality.
Key Events and Narrative of Pumpkin Heads
Pumpkin Heads:
https://if.zone/?blogcate[...]%5D&blog=y
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2024-10-211h 53Sending PoetsCallin archives: Pumpkin Heads part 3NOTE: this episode was pulled from the Callin platform we started with. Apologies for the drop in audio quality.
Key Events and Narrative of Pumpkin Heads
Pumpkin Heads:
https://if.zone/?blogcate[...]%5D&blog=y
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2024-10-201h 53Sending PoetsCallin archives: Pumpkin Heads part 2NOTE: this episode was pulled from the Callin platform we started with. Apologies for the drop in audio quality.
Discussion on the themes for Pumpkin Heads
Pumpkin Heads:
https://if.zone/f/pov-pum[...]=%5BPOV%5D
Neo techno Viking jamming out to Sending Poets intro:
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8SqGR3o/
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2024-10-131h 07Sending PoetsCallin archives: Pumpkin Heads part 1NOTE: this episode was pulled from the Callin platform we started with. Apologies for the drop in audio quality.
Part 1 of talking through Bob’s screenplay idea
Pumpkin Heads:
https://if.zone/?blogcategory=%5BPOV%5D
Haiku:
The fingernails of
Humanity scraping on
The edge of the cliff
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2024-10-062h 12Sending PoetsCool Physics StuffThis time we dig back in to the mind of Bob and some cool physics ideas he's been pondering regarding dimensions and waves.
Links:
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sean-carrolls-mindscape-science-society-philosophy/id1406534739?i=1000579924987
Poetry and quotes:
The relationship
Between our evolution
And dimensions… wow!
"Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine" - Sir Arthur Eddington
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2024-09-291h 59Sending PoetsLaughterAs a logical bookend to last week's episode on fear, this time we're talking about laughter! We share personal stories and anecdotes highlighting the vast spectrum of the idea of humor and laughter.
Links:
(719) 266-2837: The Callin’ Oats emergency Hall & Oats help line
https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/next/why-the-hall-and-oates-emergency-hotline-has-a-colorado-area-code/73-25153212-87ed-4aef-ad35-2694e3c37752
Inner Cosmos episode “Why Do We Laugh?”
https://eagleman.com/podcast/why-do-we-laugh/
Poetry and quotes:
The ability
To laugh at oneself, I think
It's a helpfu...
2024-09-221h 37Sending PoetsIs fear ever fair?In this episode we share some personal stories related to fear, movie and biblical references of fear (don't worry, we definitely included Dune), and our general thoughts about the impact and implications of fear itself.
Poetry and quotes:
Is fear ever fair?
Is it something we can use?
Or does it use us?
Litany against Fear (from Dune):
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me a...
2024-09-151h 44Sending PoetsQuotes part 1Kicking off our series on famous quotes! We randomly pick quotes from "2548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said" as well as the 17th and 19th editions of "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations", and then add our own insights and contemplations to the meanings and metaphors of said quotes.
Poetry and quotes:
Here is a haiku
About Bartlett's book of quotes
They are familiar
“I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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2024-09-081h 45Sending PoetsPolitics part 3 - JusticeWe're wrapping up the politics topic with some thoughts on the justice system, including an idea for using a military type/merit-based/promotion style framework.
Why Democracy Is Mathematically Impossible (Veritasium) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf7ws2DF-zk
Poetry and quotes:
Because after all
Justice matters to us all
Otherwise, we fall
“Democracy is the worst form of government. Except for all the other forms that have been tried.” - Winston Churchill
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
2024-09-011h 56Sending PoetsPolitics part 2 - LibertyThis time we're focusing on the liberty aspect of politics and discuss an option for crowdsourcing political ideas and solutions through a Reddit-style platform.
Poetry and quotes:
Wow politics, man
Sometimes the ride is: No Thanks
Sometimes, should stay on
"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth." - George Washington
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2024-08-251h 49Sending PoetsPolitics part 1We're diving in to the topic of politics! Our intent however is not to get bogged down with complaints over the current climate but instead to ponder the possibilities of new ways of governance.
Poetry and quotes:
The intersection
Between "pol" and "phil" is where
Everyone should be
"Some people are philosophers and some are politicians. Philosophers want to reach truth/understanding. Politicians want to win. Helped me rethink some relationships, how hard I was working to reach the other person and find understanding with them when the...
2024-08-181h 33Sending PoetsDuality of Mind Movies part 1 - Fight Club, The Abyss, The Cable GuyWe begin a series of conversations about movies that represent the duality of mind metaphor. This time it's Fight Club, The Abyss, and The Cable Guy.
Poetry and quotes:
What do The Abyss
The Cable Guy, and Fight Club
All have in common?
"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything" - Tyler Durden
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2024-08-112h 18Sending PoetsSleep part 3 - DreamsContinuing our sleep conversations we delve in to the domain of dreams. Come with us, won't you?
Poetry and quotes:
You know at some point
The dreaming just has to start
Happening, my man
Even in nightmares
There is something to learn from
After all, they're us
“We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of...
2024-08-041h 36Sending PoetsSleep part 2 - Take Me Back To EdenThis time we pay homage to the band Sleep Token, specifically the song "Take Me Back To Eden" and the lyrical metaphor therein!
Poetry and quotes:
When you're far away
I dream of the horizon
And I'm out of words
https://www.saberitaliano.com.ar/songs/02.html
“We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies...
2024-07-211h 45Sending PoetsSleep part 1Drawing inspiration from the Inner Cosmos podcast's series on sleep and dreams, we start our own conversation on this fascinating topic.
Inner Cosmos episodes:
https://eagleman.com/podcast/why-do-we-spend-1-3-of-our-lives-asleep-sleeping-dreaming-part-1/
https://eagleman.com/podcast/why-do-brains-dream-sleeping-dreaming-part-2/
https://eagleman.com/podcast/what-is-lucid-dreaming-sleeping-dreaming-part-3/
Poetry and quotes:
Sleeping and dreaming
Are two of my favorites
I love sleep and dreams!
“Dreaming is really perceiving without sensory constraints, and perceiving is dreaming with sensory constraints” - Stephen LaBerge
“Dreams are the touchstones...
2024-07-141h 39Sending PoetsLGBTQ+ Ideas part 4We wrap up our efforts to poetize our thoughts on LGBTQ+ ideas! The main focus: What is the age of being a minor and having a parent or guardian legally/morally in charge of and responsible for deciding on everything vs the age of majority where the person becomes legally/morally in charge of their own life and decisions that impact their life? Spoiler alert: we don't settle on a single age but we're confident that having the conversations is key so please let us know your thoughts!
Haiku (demonstrating singular use of "they" for anyone hu...
2024-07-071h 50Sending PoetsLGBTQ+ Ideas part 3The poetiziation continues! Still on the topic of LGBTQ+, we talk about sports and trans athletes, spring boarding from this interview between Neil deGrasse Tyson and Ben Shapiro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w89etN8QqNQ&t=14s
Haiku:
It is more likely
For a positive outcome
When we include all
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2024-06-301h 30Sending PoetsLGBTQ+ Ideas part 2Continuing last episode's conversation, we attempt to poetize our thoughts on all things LGBTQ+, specifically around the film Art Club Movie, public schools, and how societal norms have changed throughout human evolution.
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2024-06-231h 54Sending PoetsLGBTQ+ Ideas part 1And now for something completely different!
After several episodes on consciousness and sci fi ideas, the time felt right for conversations about sex and gender ideas.
Links:
Tom Scott Royal Institute talk “There Is No Algorithm For Truth”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leX541Dr2rU
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie TED Talk about the single story:
https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en
8 Cultures with a history of recognizing more than 2 genders:
- Oaxaca...
2024-06-161h 54Sending Poets3 Body Solutions part 4 - The Solution!Wrapping up the 3 Body Problem/Solutions series, we present a potential solution to said 3 Body Problem!
Part 4. Solution to the 3BP
A. Thought Experiment: Circles on paper interacting with Sphere
B. Dark Matter & Gravity
- spatial curvature:
Flat (paper)
positive (orange)
negative curvature (saddle)
C. Thought Experiment: rolling the Paper into a tube and torus
D. 3BP Solution
Links:
Signal boosting using the sun:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/027510629500026O
https://www.reddit.com/r/threebodyproblem/comments/15qlh2v/both...
2024-06-092h 07Sending Poets3 Body Solutions part 3 - Einstein's gravityExpounding on the last 3 Body Solutions episode, we talk about Einstein's gravity and the concepts of geodesic paths, gravity wells, and gravity hills.
Part 3. Einstein's Gravity
A. General Relativity
B. Thought Experiment: Gravity well - Bowling ball on Trampoline - Starlight behind our Sun
C. Geodesic path
D. Thought Experiment: Great Circle, globe vs map
E. Gravity Well on top of Gravity Hill
Links:
Roche limit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_limit
Space.com article from May 26th:
https://www.space.c...
2024-06-021h 39Sending PoetsCallin archives: Evolution, free will, and theoriesNOTE: this episode was pulled from the Callin platform we started with. Apologies for the drop in audio quality.
Thoughts on the articles below about evolution and free will
New Evolutionary Law: https://as.cornell.edu/news/natu[...]identified
We don’t have free will: https://www.latimes.com/science/s[...]mined-book
What’s Expected of Us” - Ted Chiang: https://www.nature.com/articles/436150a
Haikus:
Imagine a song
You are at the mixing board
You're mixing the song
So, the so...
2024-05-262h 15Sending Poets3 Body Solutions part 2 - Newton's gravityContinuing the adventure towards 3 Body Solutions, this time we talk about gravity - specifically around some concepts Isaac Newton introduced as well as relevant theories, terms, and thought experiments.
Part 2. Newton's Gravity
A. Barycenter (heavy center)
B. Thought Experiment: Train Tracks
C. Force of Gravity Formula & Gravitational Constant
D. "Little g" Acceleration due to Earth's gravity (internal Barycenter)
E. Thought Experiment: Hollow Earth + Newton's Cannonball + The Cavendish experiment
Links:
Space.com article: https://www.space.com/why-is-gravity-so-weak#:~:text=It%20didn't%20take%20a,strongest%20of%20all%20the%20f...
2024-05-191h 36Sending PoetsCallin archives: Try RedemptionNOTE: this episode was pulled from the Callin platform we started with. Apologies for the drop in audio quality.
A reflection on Jon and Tucker’s experience in the band Try Redemption and other musings of life and evolution.
https://tryredemption.com/
Adrian and Sadaam:
https://tryredemption.com/pics/Adri[...]Sadaam.jpg
Dave Otero:
https://www.facebook.com/flatlineaudio/
Tony Koehl:
https://sketchthesoul.com/
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2024-05-122h 11Sending PoetsCallin archives: Episode 3 of 3 on human evolution of consciousnessNOTE: this episode was pulled from the Callin platform we started with. Apologies for the drop in audio quality.
Follow up on previous 2 episodes
The 5 Rules
Dunbar’s Number:
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.10[...]he%20group
Haiku:
It is always hard
To live within absolutes
It never works out
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2024-05-092h 21Sending Poets3 Body Solutions part 1 - DimensionsWow, please take heed of the disclaimer at the beginning of the episode - make some time to sit with this one. Close your eyes and get in to the thought experiments, you won't regret it!
Brief outline of the topics discussed this time around:
Part 1. Dimensions
A. Flatland Point of View
B. Thought Experiment: String & Bell
C. Wave Theory
-mechanics of a wave
-equal and opposite
-inertia
-entropy
D. Need for 10 Dimensions / string theory
E. Dimensional LxWxH Graph
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2024-04-281h 35Sending Poets3 Body ProblemsSPOILER ALERT!!! We talk about many storylines and plot points in the first season Netflix's adaptation of the 3 Body Problem series.
Our aim for this episode is to discuss the "problems" brought up in this show so that we can address possible "solutions" in the following episode.
What is the actual 3 Body Problem?
Simulation Theory
Fermi Paradox
The problem of lying
Hive mind
Nano Tech
What would you do in Will’s position (would you be a brain in a box)?
Links:
Library Of Babel: https://libraryofbabel.info/
Bob's spreadsheet: Maths an...
2024-04-211h 46Sending PoetsSending Poets debate on consciousnessTaking inspiration from the Holberg Debate, we tackled the traditional approach to a three person debate (Defender of the Faith, Heretic, Social Democrat) on four specific factors of consciousness and subconsciousness.
Consciousness:
Subjective point of view
Deductive Reasoning
Forward directionality of thought
Semantic memory
Subconsciousness:
Objective point of view
Inductive Reasoning
Backward directionality of thought
Episodic memory
Point of View:
-CPU vs GPU
-Whisper Game
-Jigsaw puzzle race
Forward deductive vs backward inductive reasoning
-Definitions
-Game theory
-placemat maze
...
2024-04-141h 35Sending PoetsHolberg consciousness debate wrap upWrapping up the conversation of the 2023 Holberg Debate "Does Consciousness Extend Beyond Brains?"
Topics:
- Replication crisis
- Extramission/Scopaesthesia
- Panpsychism
- Near Death Experiences
Quotes:
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts." - Richard P. Feynman
References:
Holberg Debate: https://holbergprize.org/en/en/holberg-prize/holberg-debate
Watch 2023 Holberg Debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofSUaZOW9h8&t=168s
Near Death Experiences: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/02/new-science-of-death-brain-activity-consciousness-near-death-experience
2024-04-071h 45Sending PoetsCallin archives: Episode 2 of 3 on human evolution of consciousnessNOTE: this episode was pulled from the Callin platform we started with. Apologies for the drop in audio quality.
Cave within a cave
Oxygen deprivation in caves: https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-c[...]n-to-paint
Consciousness/Subconsciousness flow: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C[...]p=drivesdk
Poems:
I’m sure I have much to say and sure that for much of it, I’m unsure how to say it
Surely much to say
Surely unsure how to say
Much of what to say
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2024-03-311h 50Sending PoetsHolberg consciousness debate part 3Further discussion of the 2023 Holberg Debate "Does Consciousness Extend Beyond Brains?" This time we explore some of Tanya Luhrmann's points - inner homunculus and tulpamancy.
References:
Holberg Debate: https://holbergprize.org/en/en/holberg-prize/holberg-debate
Watch 2023 Holberg Debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofSUaZOW9h8&t=168s
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2024-03-242h 03Sending PoetsHolberg consciousness debate part 2We keep digging in to the fascinating topics brought up in the 2023 Holberg Debate "Does Consciousness Extend Beyond Brains?"
References:
Holberg Debate: https://holbergprize.org/en/en/holberg-prize/holberg-debate
Watch 2023 Holberg Debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofSUaZOW9h8&t=168s
Poetry:
- "The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom." - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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2024-03-171h 35Sending PoetsContact Wrap Up and Consciousness Ramp UpWe finally wrap up our Contact conversation and then transition to Consciousness, fueled by the 2023 Holberg Debate "Does Consciousness Extend Beyond Brains?"
References:
Holberg Debate: https://holbergprize.org/en/en/holberg-prize/holberg-debate
Watch 2023 Holberg Debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofSUaZOW9h8&t=168s
Epic Spaceman video on the scale of the Milky Way Galaxy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsRmyY3Db1Y
Poetry:
- “It’s hard to kill a creature once it lets you see its consciousness.” - Ken der Heer...
2024-03-102h 06Sending PoetsContact part 5Part 5 of our conversation about Contact and Carl Sagan, we dive in to the destination of the machine trip and the return.
References:
THE DREAM OF THE NUMINOUS, Mark Kelly
https://www.blackgate.com/2021/08/30/the-dream-of-the-numinous-carl-sagans-icontacti/
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2024-03-031h 37Sending PoetsCallin archives: Episode 1 of 3 on human evolution of consciousnessNOTE: this episode was pulled from the Callin platform we started with. Apologies for the drop in audio quality.
Starting at the beginning, how flavor profiles like sugar, fat, and salt played a role in our evolution
References:
Article about Lucy walking like humans: https://www.newser.com/story/336[...]ke-us.html
Article about spherical shaped stones: https://amp.theguardian.com/science/2[...]y-suggests
Evolution of feet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j[...]p=drivesdk
Pumpkin Heads screenplay: https://if.zone/f/pov-pum[...]=%5BPOV%5D
Contact...
2024-02-251h 32Sending PoetsContact part 4Part 4 of our conversation about Contact and Carl Sagan. We talk about the machine and the trip, as well as the line that inspired this whole thing!
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2024-02-181h 41Sending PoetsContact part 3Part 3 of our conversation about Contact and Carl Sagan. This time we dive deep in to pi and the topics of faith and science.
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2024-02-111h 55Sending PoetsContact part 2Part 2 of our conversation about Contact: the book, the movie, and the genius of the Johnny Appleseed of Imagination, Carl Sagan.
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2024-02-041h 42Sending PoetsContact part 1The first of what will be many parts of our conversation about the 1997 movie "Contact", the book that inspired it, and the genius of Carl Sagan.
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