182: The Healthy Kind of Nihilism

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4.8 • 521 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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We're delighted to be joined this week by Katie Mack, noted astrophysicist and author of The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking), to talk about, well, how to think about the end of all existence, along with a bunch of other cosmological topics like the new research being enabled by the JWST, ingenious ways of using astronomical objects to study other astronomical objects, the programming languages astrophysicists use, the shocking truth about chalkboards versus dry erase, and more. Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod

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0:00.0	Brad, I realize something amazing.
0:02.2	Go on.
0:03.4	Next weekend on Friday, Tears of the Kingdom comes out.
0:08.0	The New Zelda game.
0:09.1	True, yes.
0:09.7	I've heard of it.
0:10.8	Also on Friday, my wife and daughter are leaving for a weekend camping trip.
0:15.1	Huh.
0:16.4	So I'm going to go and tell you, full goblin mode 100%.
0:19.9	Okay.
0:20.3	Just like I got to figure out what kind of food I'm ordering and I'm just going to, uh,
0:27.1	to like put on some comfortable pants, maybe.
0:30.2	Do you ever feel, okay, I mean,
0:31.7	people will definitely get this sense in the episode to come that,
0:36.1	you know,
0:36.7	the universe is typically cold and unfeeling and
0:39.8	without compassion or logic, but every so often reality just aligns in a way that is...
0:47.1	If serendipity is the only thing that brings a small amount of joy in an otherwise cold and
0:51.4	uncaring universe, I say embrace the chaos.
0:55.2	Yeah, just enjoy it when it comes.
0:57.0	Anyway, sounds like you have a weekend ahead of you.
0:59.2	Yeah, I got to figure out my food strategy, though.
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