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The Alien Economy Problem, Dream Engineering, and ER Horror Stories
Tuesday, 17 February, 2026
What happens to the economy if aliens show up? Not the movie version. The real version where markets panic, confidence collapses, and everyone suddenly forgets how money is supposed to work. This week, we dig into the idea that confirming UFOs or UAPs could trigger an ontological shock that rattles financial systems in ways no central bank has a policy for. Then we head into dream engineering, where researchers are testing whether your sleeping brain can be nudged to solve problems while you are out cold. Using targeted memory reactivation, the idea is to plant cues that help your mind keep working in the background, like a night shift you never agreed to. And because the universe loves balance, we finish with an emergency room story that escalates into a full hospital evacuation. Yes, it involves an artillery shell lodged where it absolutely should not be, and yes, it ends with the bomb squad being called. So that is the episode. UFO economics, puzzle solving in your sleep, and a reminder that humans will always find new ways to surprise medical professionals. Like, subscribe, and tell us what weird science story we should chase next. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Ex–Bank of England Analyst Warns: Aliens Could Crash the Economy 03:35 Ontological Shock 101: When Reality Breaks 05:00 From Panic to Euphoria: How Markets Might React to UAP Disclosure 11:16 Can Sleep (and Dreams) Help Solve Hard Problems? 15:13 Dream Engineering & Lucid Dreaming: Hacking Sleep for Creativity 17:21 Inside the Experiment: Puzzles, Sound Cues, and Watching Inception 18:51 Dream Cues for Puzzle-Solving (and Lucid Dream Strategies) 20:40 ‘Rent a Human’: AI Agents Hiring People for Real-World Tasks 21:41 Proof, Crypto Payouts, and the Weirdest Job Examples 27:31 ER Evacuations: When ‘Foreign Objects’ Become a Public Safety Issue 28:58 Annual ‘Stuff Stuck in Bodies’ Highlights (Yes, Mostly Butts) 39:11 Mailbag & Sign-Off SOURCES: https://defector.com/what-did-we-get-stuck-in-our-rectums-last-year-6 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0735675723001535 https://www.businessinsider.com/uk-man-wwii-shell-lodged-in-rectum-bomb-squad-called-2021-12 https://futurism.com/future-society/hospital-evacuated-man-ww1-shell https://futurism.com/space/alien-life-financial-collapse https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bank-england-warned-prepare-aliens-212252751.html https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/bank-of-england-must-prepare-for-ufo-announcement-f3mh8l9vh https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-rent-human-bodies https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-agents-incapable-math Creative problem-solving after experimentally provoking dreams of unsolved puzzles during REM sleepSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
