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China hides Covid data, the problem with pain

The Naked Scientists Podcast

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Nearly 2,000 tech experts and scientists are calling for a halt to AI research. We talk to one of them about why he signed the open letter. Why you need hands to be fooled by a magic trick as birds it turns out can see straight through them. And simply inexcusable the words of the World Health Organization as it condemns China's failure to share key Covid data from the beginning of the pandemic. Plus, the science of pain is on our examination table this week. How does pain work and why is it usually a good thing?

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