Sean Carroll

for questions of modern physics and cosmology.

So we might not get the answers here.

Adam and I, you know, we had to restrain ourselves a little bit because we both care about many of the same things and have written academic papers about many of the same things.

So we geek out a little bit about these things we care about.

Hopefully that's up your alley.

If not, it's at least inspirational to go and read and think more about these things.

So let's go.

Adam Alga, welcome to the Mindscape Podcast.

Thanks so much for the invitation.

You know, I know your work through papers about Boltzmann brains, self-locating uncertainty.

These are topics that are near and dear to my heart, and we're certainly going to be talking about them.

But you have a bigger scope in your philosophical career.

How would you characterize sort of what your project is to the extent that one has a project?

Mr. Rationality is not the worst nickname one could have.

I mean, I get that it's a little bit of a dig, right?

But it could be much worse.

There was some mockery there.

But now you've found your people, your professional philosopher, and the whole rationality thing is probably simply a compliment.

I'll take it.

So let's talk about that just a little bit.