Nathan Radke

Obviously, in those situations, our imaginations kick into overdrive.

I mean, think about those old-timey maps that we used to make.

What did they always feature on the edges of the unknown sections?

Serpents, a label that says, there be dragons.

Exactly.

So you go this far off the map, and at that point, we don't know, and so our imagination is like, I don't know, I guess sea monsters and dragons.

I mean, the thing about the ocean is it's both unknown and nearby.

Outer space is also unknown, but it's got the good manners to exist far away from us.

But like we can just go jump in the ocean.

And the other thing about the ocean is it is filled with some weird, bizarre, amazing creatures.

Yeah, I mean, think about what's in there.

We've got blue whales, the largest animal to ever exist.

We've got giant squid and the colossal squid.

which are even more impressive.

We've got giant crab sweaters.

It's a scene down there.

It's just an absolute scene.

But here's the important difference.

None of those things are monsters.

They fit into the animal world in a way that doesn't challenge our notion of what's possible.