22: Magnetic Mysteries, The Real Trolley Problem, and Hitchbot

How do animals sense magnetic fields? Why was the first Trolley Problem written? And who was Hitchbot?Images we talk about:- Hitchbot with SantaSupport us with a Max Fun Membership!Join our Discord!We also learn about: the first compasses, captain McDonalds, “epistemologically unacceptable”, magnetic bacteria, magnetic dip, pooping north, the table of good boys, let’s do a study, it’s more intersting that dogs Sometimes poop north, alignment during excretion, I’d rather study dogs than leopards, we don’t know how animals sense magnetism, the beaks of birds the brains of seaturtles the tummies of honeybes and the nasal passages of rainbowtrouts, four years from landing on the moon and we haven’t put a magnet on a bird yet, quantumn eyeballs, the European Robin is famously racist, Phillipa Foot, putting hypotheticals to the test, mice actors, hypotheticals don’t predict real behavior, Foot’s paper was about abortion, you know the hippocratic oath is pretty cool actually, do no harm is not in the oath, the self driving trolley problem, dogs vs cats, ethics boards on hypotheticals, the real car trolley problem is more nuanced, a robot with a thumb, Ella beats Tom to the joke, can robots trust humans, hitchbot meets santa, hitchbot loves Ten Bundy, have you seen this robot? how do we feel when a robot dies, so thoughtful of review corner to be at the end, and… some exciting news???Sources:                Myths in MagnetosensationMagnetic BacteriaAviation Skybrary on Magnetic DipDogs Poop NorthLeopards Poop NorthThe Arctic Tern's MigrationMagnetoreception remains a MysteryFinding the Magnetoreception OrganQuantumn Eyeballs---The First Trolley ProblemBritannica on the Trolley ProblemOf Mice, Men, and Trolleys: Hypothetical Judgment Versus Real-Life Behavior in Trolley-Style Moral DilemmasMedical Ethics and the Trolley ProblemSelf-driving Car Trolley ProblemMIT's Moral Machine Experiment---Web Archive of hitchBOT's WebsiteThe Vessel on hitchBOTServo Mag on hitchBOTInnovation Heroes Podcast: The Hitchhiking Robot’s Guide to the UniverseDW The hitchhiking robot's guide to GermanyMcMaster University hitchBOT in the NetherlandsInternational Journal of Social RoboticsSmith and Zeller the death and lives of hitchBOTFraser et al How do we feel when a robot dies?hitchBOT’s destruction Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinlearn