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Mike's Multiverse

Episode 187 - LIVE at Wild Goose

Mike's Multiverse

Mike McHargue

Science, Leisure, Society & Culture, Games

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

This is a live episode recorded at the Wild Goose Festival 2019. This episode was brought to you by Kiwi Co. If you want to help your kids learn about science, technology, engineering, art, and math in a hands-on and FUN way, grab a free crate at kiwico.com/science

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0:00.0

Coming to you live from the Wild Goose Festival, it's Ask Science Mike Live. He's got answers.

0:15.0

got answers.

0:17.0

Even though he may not understand,

0:19.0

I'll talk anyway.

0:21.0

problems.

0:22.0

He won't solve them.

0:23.8

But I'm talking talking, talking,

0:25.0

till the flu in the things.

0:27.2

Science, faith in life,

0:29.1

As Science, Mike. If you could reach into any science fiction universe you want and pull one piece of tech into 2019,

0:39.0

what would it be and why?

0:41.0

And secondly, if you could pick one person in your life to be your patronus, who would it be and why and secondly if you could pick one person in your life to be

0:43.7

your patroness who would it be? If I could pick any tech to make real it would be the replicators from the Star Trek next generation universe

1:04.4

Because maybe of our species had definitive proof that life isn't a zero-sum game

1:10.2

We'd stop being such cool assholes each other. It's no question. By the way just so we're clear this is real

1:17.1

there's actually enough food on the planet for everybody right now. It's already there. We basically have replicators. So yeah, it'd be

1:27.2

replicators. Did you say person to be my patronist? Yes. In your life, person in your life.

1:33.0

What's the patronist?

1:37.0

Oh my God.

1:38.0

Are you telling me someone listens to Ask Science Mike and doesn't know a patronis.

1:44.0

I'm not shaming you, I'm just surprised.

1:47.9

A patronis is part of a spell in the Harry Potter universe.

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