The Evolution of Civilization on Earth

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There clearly are not massless charge particles in the real world. We could just you know, bump any charged particles in to each other and they would spew out a very large number of massless charges. It's a purely question about what we could hypothetically imagine. Brandon Lewis: I sometimes wonder whether industrial civilization might have arisen on Earth more than once. Aaron C says he is having trouble wrapping his head around how small an infinity can be.

Welcome to the June 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!

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