# Science Social Trends & Public Discussions — 2026-10-04 22:20 UTC

> **Category:** Science  
> **Status:** Cooling Down  
> **Timestamp:** 2026-10-04 22:20 UTC (2026-10-04T22:20:00Z)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-10-04-22-20/non_crypto/science  
> **Overview Brief:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-10-04-22-20/non_crypto.md  

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## 10-Minute Category Volume & Sentiment
- **Total Posts:** 8
- **Total Impressions:** 617.5K
- **Bullish / Positive:** 0
- **Bearish / Negative:** 4
- **Neutral:** 4

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## Engagement Analysis
Total Engagement - Comments: 113, Retweets: 152, Likes: 6556, Impressions: 617491


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## Cited Discussions & Public Evidence


### Discussion #1 by @reddit
> **Author:** [@reddit](https://x.com/reddit)  
> **Metrics:** 6.0K likes · 59 retweets · 63 comments · 595.0K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T17:03:40.955000+00:00  



> 
> "🔥 Blue-footed Booby.

Popular on Reddit right now"


### Discussion #2 by @allTheYud
> **Author:** [@allTheYud](https://x.com/allTheYud)  
> **Metrics:** 205 likes · 9 retweets · 38 comments · 14.4K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T00:01:10+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/allTheYud/status/2106535062124769544](https://x.com/allTheYud/status/2106535062124769544)  


> 
> "Could you determine purely by introspection on your thought processes, that the charges of your neurons' channels were carried by potassium ions rather than chloride?

Could a computer program figure out through introspection, without any webcam or robotic hands or pretrained"


### Discussion #3 by @RobLogic
> **Author:** [@RobLogic](https://x.com/RobLogic)  
> **Metrics:** 391 likes · 83 retweets · 11 comments · 5.9K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T19:57:56+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/RobLogic/status/2106836238238109713](https://x.com/RobLogic/status/2106836238238109713)  


> 
> "Natural obsidian. The colors shining is a result from how the lava cooled"


### Discussion #4 by @dgt10011
> **Author:** [@dgt10011](https://x.com/dgt10011)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 1.1K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T22:21:57+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/dgt10011/status/2106872481026114030](https://x.com/dgt10011/status/2106872481026114030)  


> 
> "One of Chinas most impactful engineers was a man named Song Jian, a missile scientist who would eventually propose the infamous one child policy

He was deeply influenced by Wieners “Cybernetics: Control and Communication in the Animal and Machine”

One agent policy might be next"


### Discussion #5 by @otempo
> **Author:** [@otempo](https://x.com/otempo)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 536 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T15:51:37+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/otempo/status/2106774249041961354](https://x.com/otempo/status/2106774249041961354)  


> 
> "Yellow alert for storm in Goiás (GO) predicts winds up to 60 km/h and hail

INMET issues potential storm danger alert for Goiás and region."


### Discussion #6 by @thisisbto
> **Author:** [@thisisbto](https://x.com/thisisbto)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 310 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T20:59:58+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/thisisbto/status/2106851847835124191](https://x.com/thisisbto/status/2106851847835124191)  


> 
> "dunyadaki en yalan meslek deprembilimcilik: 

-hocam deprem olur mu?
+bir sey soylemek zor ama tedbirli olmak gerekiyor

yapma yav. olacak mi olmicak mi aq. soyleyemiyosan neye calistin 50 senedir. 70 yasinda profesorlerin fikir belirtemedigi tek disiplin bu herhalde"


### Discussion #7 by @JoelKatz
> **Author:** [@JoelKatz](https://x.com/JoelKatz)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 265 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T22:26:27+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/JoelKatz/status/2106873612808733171](https://x.com/JoelKatz/status/2106873612808733171)  


> 
> "It is not obvious that the numbers would be the same if the computer, like us, had access to quantum processes whose results are unpredictable. It's possible that having your neuron channels carried by a different ion would cause a qualitative difference in consciousness."


### Discussion #8 by @DaveShapi
> **Author:** [@DaveShapi](https://x.com/DaveShapi)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 32 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T22:25:47+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/DaveShapi/status/2106873445149708386](https://x.com/DaveShapi/status/2106873445149708386)  


> 
> "What really bugs me is that we have basically no mainstream science fiction in which this future is normalized. 

Star Wars is the closest, but the droids are always left as dopey and ineffectual comic relief. 

Every other mainstream sci-fi imagines that we just don't do robots,"