Dr. J. chats with Brian Clegg, author of a dozen books on science, mostly recently Upgrade Me and Armageddon Science: The Science of Mass Destruction. We discuss the challenge of educating the public about, and mitigating the risks of, asteroids, supervolcanoes, nuclear war, bio- and cyberterrorism, the Singularity and civilizational "unraveling." Along the way he dismisses a couple catastrophic risks such as black holes from the LHC.




Dr. J. chats with Brian Clegg, author of a dozen books on science, mostly recently Upgrade Me and Armageddon Science: The Science of Mass Destruction. We discuss the challenge of educating the public about, and mitigating the risks of, asteroids, supervolcanoes, nuclear war, bio- and cyberterrorism, the Singularity and civilizational "unraveling." Along the way he dismisses a couple catastrophic risks such as black holes from the LHC.




http://www.archive.org/download/ArmageddonScienceTheScienceOfMassDestruction/20101208clegg.mp3