Why Fish Don't Exist

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

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

4.6 • 44.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Our old friend Lulu Miller — former Radiolab producer, co-creator of Invisibilia — has been obsessed by the chaos that rules the universe since long before it showed up as a global pandemic, and a few weeks ago, she published a book about it. It’s called Why Fish Don’t Exist. It’s part scientific adventure story, part philosophical manifesto, part chest-ripped-open memoir. Jad called her up to talk about how an obscure 19th century ichthyologist with a checkered past helped her find meaning in the world, and what she means when she says fish aren’t real. You can buy Lulu's book Why Fish Don’t Exist here. This episode was produced by Pat Walters. Special thanks to Pan•American. Support Radiolab today at Radiolab.org/donate.

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0:00.0	Wait, you're listening?
0:03.1	Okay.
0:04.4	All right.
0:05.6	Okay.
0:07.0	All right.
0:08.5	You're listening to Radio Lab.
0:11.4	Radio Lab.
0:11.9	From W. N. Y.
0:13.9	C.
0:14.8	See?
0:15.1	Yeah. Picture the person you love the most.
0:28.6	Picture them sitting on the couch, eating cereal, ranting about something totally charming.
0:34.1	Like how it bothers them when people sign their emails with a single initial,
0:38.2	instead of just taking those four extra keystrokes to finish the job. Chaos will get them. Chaos will crack them
0:46.5	from the outside with a falling branch, speeding car, a bullet, or unravel them from the inside
0:52.4	with the mutiny of their very own cells.
0:56.1	Chaos will rot your plants and kill your dog and rust your bike.
1:01.1	It will decay your most precious memories, topple your favorite cities, wreck any sanctuary
1:05.6	you can ever build.
1:07.4	It's not if, it's when.
1:09.8	Chaos is the only sure thing in this world, the master that rules us all.
1:14.1	My scientist father taught me early that there is no escaping the second law of thermodynamics.
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