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Coming up on StarTalk, it's another Things You Thought You Knew episode. This time, we bring to you a few fan favorites. Death by Black Hole, Schrodinger's Cat, and Quantum Tunneling. Don't want to miss it. Welcome to StarTalk. Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide. StarTalk begins right now. I want to describe what it's like to die as you fall into a black hole.
Now, are we recounting a personal experience here? Perhaps that could be the reason for the delay in discussing this. Are you sure you're ready for this after this harrowing experience?
One of the highest compliments I ever got was I was giving a tour of the newly built Hayden Planetarium, newly renovated, to Seinfeld, okay, who lived across the street, so he was a neighbor.
What's the deal with the lights?
All right, so I described the Big Bang to him in the first few moments in exquisite detail, and he says, It sounds like you were there. I thought, man, that's a high compliment. I'd never forget that. That's pretty funny. I'm about to describe death by black hole, and no, I will alert you in advance, I was not there.
Okay.
But we know the physics of it, and that's just as good. Okay. All right. So a black hole, so you're standing here on Earth. Okay. I am, by the way, sitting. You're sitting on Earth. And your feet are closer to the center of the Earth than the top of your head is.
OK.
Do we agree?
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