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AMA | May 2022

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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Do You Think Our Advanced Mathematics Is an Envolved Trait?

Joseph williams: Is there some adaptive advantage to having much more mathematical ability than a cat has? Richard casdan says, i have a serious problem with the way people always seem to talk about simulation theory. They generally say that the universe is 13 billion years old and therefore there is plenty of time for civilizations to grow up to the point that they can build simulations.

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