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Updates! Political Science Fraud and AlphaGo

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We've got updates for you about topics from past shows! First, the political science scandal of the year 2015 has a new chapter, we'll remind you about the original story and then dive into what has happened since. Then, we've got an update on AlphaGo, and his/her/its much-anticipated match against the human champion of the game Go. Relevant Links: https://soundcloud.com/linear-digressions/electoral-insights-part-2 https://soundcloud.com/linear-digressions/go-1 http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/04/talking-people-about-gay-and-transgender-issues-can-change-their-prejudices http://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/352/6282/220.full.pdf http://qz.com/639952/googles-ai-won-the-game-go-by-defying-millennia-of-basic-human-instinct/ http://www.wired.com/2016/03/two-moves-alphago-lee-sedol-redefined-future/ http://www.wired.com/2016/03/sadness-beauty-watching-googles-ai-play-go/

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