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Cosmic Queries – Alien Heist, Scimitars, & Time in a Bottle with Charles Liu

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The Double-Edged Sword Can't Cut a Pillow in Half

Think about the scimitar. It's a curved blade, heavy on one side and very sharp. You have much more force going that way. And then you poke in the other direction. So not having the blade actually gives you an advantage because you have a strength of striking one direction.

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