"We have so much knowledge about how physics works, and pretty good knowledge about how rats work. And none of this is very likely," he says. "So even though the alternatives all seem a little bit, you know, youre reaching a little bit,. it's nowhere near the amount of reaching that you need to do."
Welcome to the November 2021 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). I take the large number of questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable size — 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!
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