Charles Liu
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But that's only now.
And the world is in good hands.
But anyway, yes, this was asked a student of mine.
Now, Neil, you, of course, you were even a trustee, a counselor of the American Astronomical Society.
So you're deeply into the society.
As were you.
Yes.
You were on the board as well for a while.
And in fact, all of North America, there are more members of it than the International Astronomical Union, which was the organization that, amongst other things, helped you demote Pluto, Neil.
Don't blame that on me.
So the AAS is a great organization.
And how many is it up to?
8,000 members.
That's right.
If you do the math, one in a million.
That's right.
So it's very cool.
And so many people there, there were about 3000 people there overall, and so many of them were students, younger people.
And one of those folks had come up to me and said, Hey, you know, I remember hearing you guys talking about free will.
And that made me wonder, is consciousness free?