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Robot or Not? The Incomparable
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- Society & Culture
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4.7 • 15 Ratings
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Jason Snell asks John Siracusa to rule on the meaning of various words and concepts. It’s not just about robots anymore.
Have a question for John? Email robot@theincomparable.com.
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Theme Songs / Skip Intro
We follow up on some feedback about our theme songs, and theme songs in general, while taking on whether we use the Skip Intro button when we should be listening to TV theme songs....
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⚾️ Robot Umps ⚾️
It’s baseball’s Opening Day, so here’s our discussion of automated balls and strikes, also known as “Robot Umps,” how they relate to automated Hawk-Eye tennis calls, and why we won’t ever know how good human umpires could actually be....
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(Pizza) Pie
Fresh out of the oven for Pi Day, here’s a discussion of who exactly thinks pizza is a pie....
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Places You've Been
Do you have to leave the airport or get out of the car to claim you’ve been somewhere? (And are you under oath?)...
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Customer Reviews
Perfect Fan Service
If you know what this is, you'll love it. If you don't know what this is... this might not be the best place to start.
Incomparable Perfection
This could just be the most perfect podcast on the The Incomparable network :)
What could possible beat a conversation on whether a non-existent geeky thing (that people have unreasonably strong feelings about) matches up with a geeky term (that people all have their own definition of)?
Is love a robot, Jason?
If it is, then I robot this podcast.
It’s like a comedy duo where one acts like he knows everything, and the other bumbles along, even though there’s no reason! The premise of the podcast is silly, and short and sweet keeps it fun.
Snell could totally disagree with Siracusa on some of his premises. Why would @gruber have to exist in just one robot body to qualify as a robot? Ultron had many bodies. But it’s the off-the-cuff unresearched nature of the conversation that makes it so fun.
More like this, please!
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