If all 7.9 billion people on Earth request their once in a lifetime priority question, even with easy yes, no questions, it would take you just over 250 years. Casey Mahone: Is it really useful to think that way? It strikes me as simple, similar to invoking the anthropic principle rather than trying to determine why things are one way rather than another. For the initial conditions of the universe, I don't think that attributing them to brute facts is the most plausible thing. And there's certainly other possibilities, even if I can't articulate what they are.
Welcome to the September 2022 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 Patrons, 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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