We Are Not Scientists

UNBELIEVABLE! So last week we received THIS MESSAGE on the WANS message boards, from… PLUTO !!! ‘Hi, I’m Pluto, busy as ever minding my own business on the edge of this big old Solar System. Once I was one of the nine Planets and called behemoths like Jupiter and Saturn, and even your very own Earth, my brothers and sisters. I was super happy being a Planet, but in your Earth year 2006 those nasty pastys at the so-called ‘IAU’ decided to ‘downgrade’ me and kick me out of the Planets gang. And I’ve spent the past seventeen Earth years as an outcast, trying to get back my rightful place back in the gang. Dear WANS, please could you remind the Earthlings of my sad story in one of your podcast episodes? And if there’s anything you can do to help me in my bid for re-classification as a Planet, please do get in touch. All my best, Pluto... 'The Happy Ex-Planet' x’ Sure thing Pluto! And HERE IT IS, a BIG debate all about you and your mission, hope you like it and please do get in touch if we can be of further assistance. All our best, The WANS Crew | Commander LP | Krystel Queen of the Servers | Simon (no nickname) ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Episode Summary Join Commander LP and Simon in this special A.I. themed episode where they welcome for the first time ever an actual human WANS guest! Yes, that's right, dialling in from a public phone box somewhere in the UK is digital polymath and Honorary Research Fellow James Edward Marks to share his thoughts with the WANS crew on what the future of A.I. may hold for humankind, along with revealing his favourite A.I. from the big screen and showing off his impressive knowledge of nostalgic TV-Sci Fi sound effects... About James: * PsychFi artivist, festival curator, renegade economist, SEEDS mentor, third sector tech volunteer & Trippy Hippy! * Switched on multi-potentialite, multidimensional motion arts educator, crafting multi-sensory, multi-channel & multi-format immersive storytelling experiences for social good.  * Multi award winning co-creator and honorary research fellow, co-founder of changemaking "PlayLa.bZ: Research Institute", a createch & spatial computing (AR:MR:VR) community interest company, where he has developed the innovative "GenieMo" GenAl spatial web communication software application (Innovate UK - Fast Track). James Links: * James on Twitter | J.E.M. | @jamesemarks * Ravensbourne https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/people-and-stories/blog/alumni/engaging-young-people-through-immersive-storytelling @ravensbourneuk * GenieMo www.geniemo.com @GoGenieMo * PlayLa.bZ CIC Research Institute | https://playlabz.business.site/ * LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/playlabz * Tech4Good Awards | https://www.tech4goodawards.com/finalist/girmit/ @Tech4GoodAwards Episode Links: * AbilityNet www.abilitynet.org.uk @AbilityNet * More to follow... ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

'As the sun rises on a new day and all our bluedot explorers are safely off site, we’d like to take a moment to thank and celebrate those who made sure the show could go on. bluedot 2023 was able to take place as the result of an extraordinary effort from a huge variety of tirelessly hard-working teams and organisations committed to your happiness and wellbeing' Want to know more about what went on at possibly the most memorable Bluedot so far? The WANS crew are here to give you the lowdown with the mud fresh on our wellies! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Join verified non-scientists LP, Krystel and Simon as they take a trip across the Solar System, right to the very edge of the Oort Cloud https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/oort-cloud/overview/ If you have a cosmic quandary email us at wearenotscientists2001@gmail.comConnect with the WANS crew on Instagram @wearenotscientists All episodes beamed direct from Mission Control in Deepest Darkest Devon on Spotify & Apple Podcasts ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Commander LP picks his favourite people of science from across the ages who he deems worthy of his prestigious Nobel Endeavour awards. First up, straight outta the 16th & 17th Century it's the bearded, brave and inquisitive GALILEO GALILEIIf you have a cosmic quandary for the WANS crew email us at wearenotscientists2001@gmail.comAll episodes beamed direct from Mission Control in Deepest Darkest Devon on Spotify & Apple Podcasts ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.