Exploring Dr. J, Synthetic Biology, and the Arrow of Time

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The chapter delves into the speaker's admiration for Dr. J from the 76ers and transitions to the potential of synthetic biology as a transformative technology. It further explores concepts like scientific discoveries, Fermi's paradox, and the arrow of time in a universe without a beginning. The conversation also touches on black hole information loss, complexity in nature, thermodynamics, and quantum mechanics interpretations.

Welcome to the March 2024 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.

Big congrats this month to Ryan Funakoshi, winner of this year's Mindscape Big Picture Scholarship! And enormous, heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed. We're going to keep doing this in years to come.

Blog post with questions and transcript: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2024/03/11/ama-march-2024/

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