Here’s another episode of the podcast that examines the line between the past and the future — our modern world.

-If you ever steal $200,000 and escape to Cancun, stay off of Facebook.
-Because they might be able to read on the Internet about how to hack into private Facebook profiles with the API.
-The Fun Theory is dedicated (by Volkswagen) into making the world more fun. I talk mostly about the Piano Stairs, but there are a whole bunch of projects on their site.
-Why shouldn’t you argue against removing “the human element” from baseball? Because there’s not a lot of actual human element left in our lives. And they’re better off for it.
-The Large Hadron Collider hasn’t found the Higgs boson (a.k.a. The God Particle) yet, and a couple of scientists are saying that maybe it’s because God doesn’t want to be found.

So maybe he traveled back through time to kill his grandfather. Yeah, I get a little wackjob at the end of this one, but hopefully I at least show you the path off the reservation rather than wander around out there by myself. Thanks for listening!

 

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