The two had a brief exchange about the scientific method, during which Paula stressed how often it had been subverted in the interest of maintaining the status quo, and then Daugherty signaled the tech to run a series of ads.
During the break, the tech walked in with his headset cable wrapped around his right hand like a boxing glove. Paula sank into her chair, fearing some kind of attack. He glared at her for a few seconds, and then leaned conspiratorially over Daugherty. "I think you're losing listeners, Arvin. We sold this show with come-ons about the controversy. If all we get is a boring science lecture, there's not going to be anyone left out there by the time she gets to the point.
Daugherty glanced at the clock, and then at Paula Isikov, before answering him. "Jason, he said sternly, "I didn't hire you to be a critic. You knew when you took this job that some of my guests would be speaking about things that are a bit outlandish. My listeners understand that.
Jason shook his head. "Your listeners? Have you seen the ratings report? Your audience has been dropping for weeks. And if it drops any further, we're going to lose some sponsors.
The ads were finishing, so Daugherty leaned into the mike and welcomed any late arrivals before getting back to the interview. Jason, miffed, turned to go, but gave a withering glance at Paula before closing the door. She stammered a bit before regaining her composure.
""so, anyway, she said, "I set out to disprove the assertion that a spooky kind of virtual electrical storm arises when you have a dense soup of the sort of long chain molecules that inhabit the cells in our brains.
Daugherty raised a hand for pause. "Hold on, Paula. A ˜virtual' electrical storm? I thought the whole point of all those brain cells was to send electrical signals hither, thither and yon. Isn't that electricity in the nerves what EEGs and functional MRIs measure?
"It is, but this is something entirely different.
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