Episode 8 - Mimsy Were the Borogoves (Lewis Padgett)

Episode Connections
Authors, stories. Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Alice Through the Looking Glass. Clifford D. Simak, “Desertion.” Stephen King. Ray Bradbury. CS Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, That Hideous Strength, Out of a Silent Planet, Perelandra. Madeline L’Engle, A Wrinkle In Time, The Wind in the Door. Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End.
Films. Back to the Future. The Last Mimsy.
TV episodes, series. None today.
Ideas. Lewis Padgett is a pseudonym for Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore. One of the top 15 sci-fi short stories of all time. Time travel. Exploratory learning. Adult disconnection. Child psychology … “All children are mad, you know.” Developmental psychology. What do we mean by alien? Pantropy v. evolution. Intellectual evolution v. physical evolution. Different ways of knowing alter our perspective. Children in sci-fi. Educational psychology. Gamification. Evolution in real time.
Whoa - Hmmm - WTF. Dan says Whoa. Bill adds a generous smidge of Hmmm.

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