Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [Part 56]

Stephen Wolfram hosts a live and unscripted Ask Me Anything about science and technology for all ages. Find the playlist of Q&A's here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa

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Outline of Q&A
0:00 Stream starts
2:38 Stephen begins the stream
3:36 Is programming essential for the next breakthrough in neuroscience, both theoretical and practical? if yes, how, and is Wolfram language enough fulfill that purpose?
45:40 Any opinions on 'smart drugs'?
50:45 Is the Crick-Mitchison theory of REM sleep essential for understanding how mammalian brains work?
53:30 Can you comment on the history of plant breeding and computation? Or agricultural as a technology? It seems that old plant breeders think new molecular breeding techniques are a waste of time & money. 'Modern' breeders are using genomic selection with SNPs and gBLUP models... the history of most of our crops is very complicated usually involving strange hybrids.
1:05:55 Will the future bring surveillance and all-knowing government or deep fakes and other things that could be used to fake identity both physical and digital in order to get rid of government presence?

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