Episode 59: The Principle of Optimism (Round Table Discussion)
The Theory of Anything
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The Importance of Ending Good Things
I think philosophically, it's kind of irrelevant because we all are going to die and it doesn't reduce our happiness in the here and now. The laws of physics that made your life possible are the same thing that are going to probably take you out at some point. I'm just saying that in so far as our ability, our capacity to deal with reality, if we discover something about reality that we dislike, I don't think it undercuts the basic premise that life is good.
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