And you're right that we didn't talk about construction or habitat loss. Definitely big issues, but they were outside the scope of our episode, which was really focused in on energy and water usage. Those could be a whole separate episode ...

Here's that article again:
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...

Oh yes! Via the MIT piece: "As conversations with experts and AI companies made clear, inference, not training, represents an increasing majority of AI’s energy demands and will continue to do so in the near future. It’s now estimated that 80–90% of computing power for AI is used for inference."

Hahah — for once, it is COMPLETELY INNOCENT

We're listening! You can drop us a line at ScienceVsTeam at gmail if there are specific biases and holes you think we missed.

Check out @caseycrownhart.bsky.social and @jamesmodonnell.bsky.social's project at @technologyreview.com here: www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...

Oooof, hope you're doing well now!

We have done an episode on veganism — not specifically Omega 3s

open.spotify.com/episode/3trK...

Yes, Spotify does own the show. We can let the higher-ups know that this is a dealbreaker for some listeners (we don't have a say over these ads)

We are also available on other platforms in addition to Spotify, which would be a way to support the show and keep listening if you wanted to.

We talked about this internally — but didn't go into this because there's ALSO evidence showing that when it's lighter into the evening, fewer pedestrians get hit by cars at that time of day. It's tough to tell in what circumstances fewer people get hit.

That "Ponzi scheme" idea is the exact argument made by researchers in this piece!

theconversation.com/the-problem-...

Yes! We didn't get into specific solutions, but that's the kind of thing we were alluding to when we talked about how you can make adjustments. But some economists still argue that with fewer people, productivity goes down and your economy suffers (which cooooould affect the rich + taxes)

Yes, this is an interesting piece we didn't wrestle with!

You might be interested in a book called "Decline and Prosper" by Vegard Skirbekk. And a counter argument: "After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People" by Dean Spears & Michael Geruso.

Yes, Wendy is fine!! Just out for a few weeks; you'll hear her very soon!

Welcome to the party! No such thing as being late 🎉