“Isn't the future necessarily going to be dominated by machine life?”

— Steven Novella

SGU, Podcast #401 – March 23rd, 2013 http://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcast/sgu/401 <br class="br">The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, Podcast, 2010s

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