Hakeem Oluseyi
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So I like that. I say here, here.
So I like that. I say here, here.
Catch yourself on the information. This is a cultural phenomenon. Nerds ain't cool. And so they try to make something cool that ain't cool. All right. So this whole thing about, oh, black holes have hair. We made a bet. Man, nerds, shut the hell up. I don't care. I don't care. So here's what I think they're saying, right? If I look at the sun, I can take a spectrum of the sun.
Catch yourself on the information. This is a cultural phenomenon. Nerds ain't cool. And so they try to make something cool that ain't cool. All right. So this whole thing about, oh, black holes have hair. We made a bet. Man, nerds, shut the hell up. I don't care. I don't care. So here's what I think they're saying, right? If I look at the sun, I can take a spectrum of the sun.
Speaking of which, you know something I realized? So, you know, I grew up in segregated Mississippi. So I go to graduate school and I would play basketball all the time. And I noticed that you sucked at it. Oh, man, I was I didn't suck until I joined the Cambridge Athletic Club League at the age of 49. Then I saw, OK, in the 90s, I was great. But here's the thing. I noticed something.
Speaking of which, you know something I realized? So, you know, I grew up in segregated Mississippi. So I go to graduate school and I would play basketball all the time. And I noticed that you sucked at it. Oh, man, I was I didn't suck until I joined the Cambridge Athletic Club League at the age of 49. Then I saw, OK, in the 90s, I was great. But here's the thing. I noticed something.
And that is if there was a white dude who wasn't present and you're trying to describe him to someone, they invoke his hair color. Yes. We didn't do that. That was... It's not our vocabulary.
And that is if there was a white dude who wasn't present and you're trying to describe him to someone, they invoke his hair color. Yes. We didn't do that. That was... It's not our vocabulary.
It's the person with the black, straight hair. That's not helpful. But where I'm from, we invoke skin color. Oh, the light-skinned dude, the red bone, the yellow bone.
It's the person with the black, straight hair. That's not helpful. But where I'm from, we invoke skin color. Oh, the light-skinned dude, the red bone, the yellow bone.
So we're going to move on. But the point is that, yeah, some nerd thing that, but let me tell you what, unlike a black hole, take the sun, right? You can reconstruct what made the sun. That's how we know, oh, the sun looks like three dozen supernovae constituted. You can look at what it's made of today and reconstruct where it must have come from. You can't do that with a black hole, right?
So we're going to move on. But the point is that, yeah, some nerd thing that, but let me tell you what, unlike a black hole, take the sun, right? You can reconstruct what made the sun. That's how we know, oh, the sun looks like three dozen supernovae constituted. You can look at what it's made of today and reconstruct where it must have come from. You can't do that with a black hole, right?
No, not even close. Not even close. Okay. Give up on that one. Lightning answer.
No, not even close. Not even close. Okay. Give up on that one. Lightning answer.
Let me get that Dyson sphere out of your mind right now. All right. All right, because I did a little calculation.
Let me get that Dyson sphere out of your mind right now. All right. All right, because I did a little calculation.
Right? So did I. Go ahead. Okay.
Right? So did I. Go ahead. Okay.