I am currently leading some debates about the methods of rationality (Bayesian Conspiracy!) and about rational thinking as such and, oh boy, have the people ever heard about the need of falsifying their hypotheses instead of trying to hold on to their arguments far beyond absurd. What is actually scary, that even people who are, in ordinary contexts, seemingly intelligent, become confounded when confronted with an actual need to consciously shape and revise their thoughts. So, we have a long way ahead towards a godless or god-indifferent society, yet it is a way most worthy of pacing.

Totally with you on the point about radiation, although it could be mentioned that working in CERN would be, I speculate, not all that much more subject to excess rays than walking abroad in daylight without CERN ID card in pocket - the collisions happen deep underground in magnetically shielded tubes and all the excess radiation is nevertheless thrust into heavily protected beam dumps. But yes, Geiger counter is in my To-Acquire list too (I am currently in favor of the Gamma-Scout (it even seems to have Linux support, kernel level), although it has seemingly irreplaceable battery).

And what good is uploading without sentience, anyway? The good thing is, we are probably not that far this possibility.