Keeping Cats Indoors and Eternalism in Relation to Relativity

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They discuss the benefits of keeping cats indoors and the implications of eternalism in relation to relativity. The speaker shares their experience of outdoor cats having shorter life expectancies due to accidents, making the case for keeping cats indoors. They then tackle the question of how relativity aligns with eternalism, as relativity challenges the concept of a universal 'now'.

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!

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