Hard Science Fiction with Arula Ratnakar

NOV 26, 2025110 MIN
If This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive Politics

Hard Science Fiction with Arula Ratnakar

NOV 26, 2025110 MIN

Description

In this episode, Alan and Diane talk to writer and neuroscientist Arula Ratnakar. They discuss Phillip K. Dick, computational neursocience, hard science fiction, science and math communication, preceptions of reality, the neuroscience of neurodiversity, psychedelics, being neurodiverse in a neurotypical world, AI, Clarkesworld, evolving in public, and much more. You can find most of her fiction here: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/?s=arula+ratnakar