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262 | Eric Schwitzgebel on the Weirdness of the World

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

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Exploring the Weirdness of the World and Our Attempts to Understand It

Exploring the concept of weirdness in our attempts to understand the world and how even the best theories end up looking weird to us, discussing topics like quantum mechanics, consciousness, and the idea of living in a simulation or being a brain in a vat.

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