Choosing Questions for the AMA Segment

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The speaker discusses their criteria for choosing questions to answer in the AMA segment of the podcast, prioritizing interesting and useful questions for the listeners. They explore different voting systems and methods, including ranked choice and distributed points. They also address questions about the simulation hypothesis and the nature of perceived reality.

Welcome to the September 2023 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number -- based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good -- and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!

Blog post with questions and transcript: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023/09/04/ama-september-2023/

And you can now pre-order The Biggest Ideas in the Universe Vol. 2: Quanta and Fields!

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