AMA | May 2026
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
Sean Carroll
4.7 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2026
⏱️ 249 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to the May 2026 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number -- based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good -- and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!
Blog post with AMA questions and full transcript: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2026/05/04/ama-may-2026/
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| 1:25.3 | Hello, everyone. |
| 1:26.2 | Welcome to the May 26. Ask Me Anything Edition of the Mindscape |
| 1:29.9 | podcast. I'm your host, Sean Carroll. I am recording this intro after I recorded the rest of |
| 1:35.9 | the AMA on Saturday, May 2nd of 2026. And I mentioned that because tonight is game 7 in the first round series of the NBA |
| 1:50.4 | playoffs between my beloved Philadelphia 76ers and the hated Boston Celtics. And I mentioned |
| 1:58.2 | this because there's really nothing else on my mind right now. |
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