Steve

That also makes sense. There's every reason to think, not just apes, but many other biological creatures like to alter their consciousness in different ways.

That also makes sense. There's every reason to think, not just apes, but many other biological creatures like to alter their consciousness in different ways.

That also makes sense. There's every reason to think, not just apes, but many other biological creatures like to alter their consciousness in different ways.

Oh, yeah. The Bigelow essay.

Oh, yeah. The Bigelow essay.

Oh, yeah. The Bigelow essay.

What was that about? It was to write a 25,000-word essay on the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death.

What was that about? It was to write a 25,000-word essay on the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death.

What was that about? It was to write a 25,000-word essay on the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death.

Well, shortly before he announced the contest, his wife died. And he also had a son and I think a grandson who had died from suicide. Oh, no. Yeah. And I think, to be fair, he had had an interest in the afterlife going back a long time. He had sort of pushed it off to the side. But at that point in time, his wife had died. His grandson and son had taken their lives.

Well, shortly before he announced the contest, his wife died. And he also had a son and I think a grandson who had died from suicide. Oh, no. Yeah. And I think, to be fair, he had had an interest in the afterlife going back a long time. He had sort of pushed it off to the side. But at that point in time, his wife had died. His grandson and son had taken their lives.

Well, shortly before he announced the contest, his wife died. And he also had a son and I think a grandson who had died from suicide. Oh, no. Yeah. And I think, to be fair, he had had an interest in the afterlife going back a long time. He had sort of pushed it off to the side. But at that point in time, his wife had died. His grandson and son had taken their lives.

And his aerospace business had become basically, how to put it, the governor of the state of Nevada during the Cold War. pandemic had declared his aerospace business to be a non-essential business so that the employees were, I mean, he could have kept them on the payroll, I suppose, but they couldn't come into the factory. So he let all the employees go. They were swept up by other companies.

And his aerospace business had become basically, how to put it, the governor of the state of Nevada during the Cold War. pandemic had declared his aerospace business to be a non-essential business so that the employees were, I mean, he could have kept them on the payroll, I suppose, but they couldn't come into the factory. So he let all the employees go. They were swept up by other companies.

And his aerospace business had become basically, how to put it, the governor of the state of Nevada during the Cold War. pandemic had declared his aerospace business to be a non-essential business so that the employees were, I mean, he could have kept them on the payroll, I suppose, but they couldn't come into the factory. So he let all the employees go. They were swept up by other companies.

And in effect, he no longer had a business.

And in effect, he no longer had a business.

And in effect, he no longer had a business.

Yeah. I mean, I think it's a very creative solution.

Yeah. I mean, I think it's a very creative solution.