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AMA | June 2024

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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Eternal Inflation, Boltzmann Brains, and Ethical Eating

The chapter explores the challenges of predicting outcomes in eternal inflation within cosmology, highlighting the cosmological measure problem and diverging opinions among scientists. It also discusses ethical eating practices, advocating for systemic changes to reduce beef consumption due to environmental impact while reflecting on veganism and vegetarianism. The conversation delves into the relevance of supersymmetry in research and debates on the passage of time, exploring human perceptions of time passing and the Boltzmann brain hypothesis.

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