Ep 243 - Science... sort of: Science Carols

Science... sort of

Brachiolope

Natural Sciences, Science

4.7 • 674 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2016

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

00:00:00 - This episode Ben and Ryan chat with Cosmologist Sean Carroll about his new book, The Big Picture. Presented here is the first part of our conversation about a number of topics presented in the book.

00:40:58 - Drinks are like the universe in that they exist. Sean enjoys a gin martini or a Gibson depending on his mood. Sometimes he adds both garnishes and we're just not sure about anything anymore. Ben has some guanabana nectar. Ryan explains what that fruit looks like. And Ryan rounds things out with a Celestial Garden from DC Brau.

00:49:51 - The second half of our interview we continue talking about the book, particularly the contributions of Ibn Sina and Rev. Bayes to momentum and probability, respectively. You can keep up with Dr. Carroll on his website or by following him on Twitter.

01:17:32 - PaleoPOWs are a lot like cosmology; they can take some time to wrap your head around. Ryan begins by thanking Jennifer G. (?) for setting up a new recurring donation. Thanks, Jennifer! Ben has a question from Kenneth B. about which would win: the sun, or a water balloon the size of the sun. Ben, of course, has an answer.

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Music for this week's show:

Princes of the Universe - Queen

Onions - The Mountain Goats

Time Won't Let Me Go (Sun Version) - The Bravery

Transcript

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0:00.0	How about science carols?
0:02.9	Yep.
0:08.3	That's pretty good.
0:09.9	All right.
0:10.7	From sciencesortov.com, you're listening to Science Sort of.
0:28.4	This is episode 243, if you can believe it.
0:32.1	And our theme this week is Science Carols,
0:35.1	singing the song of science in this mid-spring, early summer holiday season.
0:41.4	I am your host, Ryan, and joining me to talk about things that are science, things that are sort of science,
0:45.0	and things they wish they were science. It's the one, it's the only, it's the Ben, it's the Tippett.
0:49.8	Hello, everybody.
0:51.6	Hi, Ben. Hi, how you doing, buddy? I'm good, how are you?
0:55.1	I'm good. Is your life going well?
0:56.7	Is your summer, has spring-ety summer arrived where you're at?
1:01.0	Well, we're in the final days of my crowdfunding campaign, so that's a little stressful.
1:06.6	Oh, well, I mean, don't worry.
1:09.8	You got full funding, right?
1:12.9	I got full funding for the initial asking amount of the project, but, you know, I could do a lot more science with a little bit more money, so that's, you know, try.
1:21.7	It's actually been more difficult to drum support for the second half of the crowdfunding than it was for the first.
1:27.3	Yeah, and you're trying to be the top in top funder in your thing, which gives you more money, right?
1:35.2	Yeah, and that might be over by the time this episode comes out. Hopefully not, but essentially,
1:39.3	if I get the most number of backers of any project from this challenge campaign, I'll get an extra $1,000,
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