I've been listening to old episodes of the Infinite Monkey Cage podcasts and the one I heard today made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
If you've never heard of them then the format of the shows is about 40 minutes of funny and irreverent discussion about scientific subjects of various sorts, hosted by Professor Brian Cox and the comedian Robin Ince, with 3 or 4 guests thrown in. This episode was about risk and the guests included a professor in risk perception and the former Goodie, Graeme Garden (who originally qualified as a doctor).
Toward the end of the show they asked the guests what they considered was the biggest risk to humanity today -
Graeme Garden - "A virus - something like AIDS - which has a long incubation period, with a "jacket" like flu, which is constantly changing and is spread by droplets."
The Professor of risk perception - "The breakdown of energy supplies".
The real shocker....this episode was made in 2013.
If you've never heard of them then the format of the shows is about 40 minutes of funny and irreverent discussion about scientific subjects of various sorts, hosted by Professor Brian Cox and the comedian Robin Ince, with 3 or 4 guests thrown in. This episode was about risk and the guests included a professor in risk perception and the former Goodie, Graeme Garden (who originally qualified as a doctor).
Toward the end of the show they asked the guests what they considered was the biggest risk to humanity today -
Graeme Garden - "A virus - something like AIDS - which has a long incubation period, with a "jacket" like flu, which is constantly changing and is spread by droplets."
The Professor of risk perception - "The breakdown of energy supplies".
The real shocker....this episode was made in 2013.
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