Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of December 12, 2011. Topics discussed in this week's episode include my new strength routine, using Ecstasy to treat autism, cognitive enhancement and potential side-effects, Radiolabs on amnesia and free will, H+ interview with Eric Drexler, New paper by Keith B. Wiley: "The Fermi Paradox, Self-Replicating Probes, and the Interstellar Transportation Bandwidth", genetically modifying mosquitos to combat diseases (and mosquitos), and how to engineer a zombie virus. Tracks used in this episode: Liturgy: Generation Tim Hecker: The Piano Drop The Field: This is Power Biosphere: Genkai-1 Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes