Solid as a Rock

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Natural Sciences, Science

4.6 • 44.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2012

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Is reality an ethereal, mathematical poem... or is it made up of solid, physical stuff? In this short, we kick rocks, slap tables, and argue about the nature of the universe with Jim Holt.

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0:00.0	Oh, wait, you're listening?
0:02.1	Okay.
0:03.4	All right.
0:04.7	Okay.
0:06.0	All right.
0:07.6	You're listening to Radio Lab.
0:10.4	Radio Lab.
0:11.1	Shorts!
0:12.6	From W. N.Y.
0:14.8	C.
0:15.6	See?
0:16.0	Yes.
0:17.5	And NPR.
0:20.2	You could be like this, you know, just like we just had a show about bliss and, you know, it's been the holiday times.
0:24.8	I've been thinking about that snowflake.
0:26.4	It's true, actually.
0:27.2	You know, it's been snowing.
0:28.9	I was in St. Louis just a couple days ago, and it was snowing these big, fat, fluffy flakes.
0:32.9	And I couldn't help but think some of those flakes must be perfectly shaped crystalline structures right out of
0:39.8	Plato's cave except there wouldn't snow in his cave I don't know I don't understand this yearning
0:45.2	for the perfect when you've got real pretty great snowflakes falling right on your nose like
0:51.4	hold on hold on let's just start it up I'm jad I boom. I'm Robert Krillwich. This is Radio Lab. The podcast. And today, we're going to continue the conversation we were just having, been having all week about, well, perfection. You know, like striving for things which seem perfect versus living in the real world. Right. And recently...
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