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EPISODE · Apr 9, 2026 · 23 MIN

Computer Flu

from Propawhatnow? · host Melissa Merlot

What if a computer virus could make a human sick.? That is what happens in the 1999 technothriller Fatal Error. And in science, optogenetics could use light to rewire your mind. How dangerous could something in a screen really be? We discuss that and more in this episode.

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What if a computer virus could make a human sick.? That is what happens in the 1999 technothriller Fatal Error. And in science, optogenetics could use light to rewire your mind. How dangerous could something in a screen really be? We discuss that and more in this episode.

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