Independence Day
If you're so smart, tell me something, how come you go to grad school for 8 person-years to become a podcaster?
Show Notes
In this episode of "Popcorn Science," we discuss the 1996 film Independence Day.
Topics
- Science Gripes (7:00)
- Infecting alien spacecraft with MacOS virus?
- Fatal case of hubris
- 90 billion light-years (10:20)
- What is Jeff Goldblum's job?
- Smart people can do anything instantly.
- Can a laser destroy a city? (14:45)
- Mothership, size of Enceladus, 25x density of Fe (17:15)
- Tidal problems (18:30)
- Outrun an explosion in a plane... nope.
- How does sunlight and seasons work? (24:19)
- Medical nonsense (26:23)
- Science Shine (29:22)
- Of It's Time (43:02)
- Ratings (55:03)