Paul Mecurio
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Even though you're in the same place, yeah. While we're sitting here, I'm here, you're running by, we look up at the Andromeda at the same time, and we're seeing something from the same location, essentially. We're seeing things days apart. Days apart. And that leads to the idea of what is now, and your now and my now are two different nows. There is no now. No, there is now. There's always now.
Even though you're in the same place, yeah. While we're sitting here, I'm here, you're running by, we look up at the Andromeda at the same time, and we're seeing something from the same location, essentially. We're seeing things days apart. Days apart. And that leads to the idea of what is now, and your now and my now are two different nows. There is no now. No, there is now. There's always now.
I've never gotten heckled from the left and the right at the same time.
I've never gotten heckled from the left and the right at the same time.
It was about gravitational waves, wondering can they also alter time? If a huge collision occurred near our solar system, how would we feel them? Would we be alive to physically notice?
It was about gravitational waves, wondering can they also alter time? If a huge collision occurred near our solar system, how would we feel them? Would we be alive to physically notice?
But there are a whole host of, it's an infinite number of things that could cause a gravitational wave, right? But actually, wait, wait, wait.
But there are a whole host of, it's an infinite number of things that could cause a gravitational wave, right? But actually, wait, wait, wait.
All right, we're going to move on. Can we do a lightning round? Yeah, absolutely. We got some great ones. Here we go. Okay, go. Lightning round, dude.
All right, we're going to move on. Can we do a lightning round? Yeah, absolutely. We got some great ones. Here we go. Okay, go. Lightning round, dude.
Yes, exactly. Right, right. Yeah, okay, here we go. I've always been bothered by physicists' preoccupation with
Yes, exactly. Right, right. Yeah, okay, here we go. I've always been bothered by physicists' preoccupation with
with conservation of information especially in regard to particles falling into a black hole firstly it sounds more like a philosophical position than one derived from through mathematics or scientific method correct me secondly mr heisenberg taught us that one can never know all information about a particle thus can't we consider that information to never have existed in the first place and thus can't be destroyed i i have one thing for alan alan if you're gonna
with conservation of information especially in regard to particles falling into a black hole firstly it sounds more like a philosophical position than one derived from through mathematics or scientific method correct me secondly mr heisenberg taught us that one can never know all information about a particle thus can't we consider that information to never have existed in the first place and thus can't be destroyed i i have one thing for alan alan if you're gonna
ask a question on acid, you got to send the tablets to us too so we can be on the same wavelength and answer the question. Tablets? Go. You mean tabs. There you go. There we go. There we go. Alan Geist, go ahead and answer that question.
ask a question on acid, you got to send the tablets to us too so we can be on the same wavelength and answer the question. Tablets? Go. You mean tabs. There you go. There we go. There we go. Alan Geist, go ahead and answer that question.
I don't know. It's like in China. Wait, you mean they'd say like, you know, Paul McCure, the guy with the dark hair? Yeah, exactly.
I don't know. It's like in China. Wait, you mean they'd say like, you know, Paul McCure, the guy with the dark hair? Yeah, exactly.
See, I do it with voice. Like, you know, Neil Tyson. He talks like James Earl Jones. I do it like that. You do it basically... This is CNN.
See, I do it with voice. Like, you know, Neil Tyson. He talks like James Earl Jones. I do it like that. You do it basically... This is CNN.