Sean Carroll

It could mean campaigning or something like that, but it also could just mean talking to people. You know, at the end of the day, democracy is not just about putting up more posters. It's about changing people's minds to agree with you. You know, you have to actually communicate with people and give them the sales pitch that your point of view is better.

It could mean campaigning or something like that, but it also could just mean talking to people. You know, at the end of the day, democracy is not just about putting up more posters. It's about changing people's minds to agree with you. You know, you have to actually communicate with people and give them the sales pitch that your point of view is better.

I think that people on both sides of the divide are not very good at that. But if you could talk to some people who are not closed-minded and not just insult them for not agreeing with you, but actually provide them reasons that it would be better to agree with you, then you've done a little bit to make the country a better place. Meanwhile, take care of yourself. Learn interesting things.

I think that people on both sides of the divide are not very good at that. But if you could talk to some people who are not closed-minded and not just insult them for not agreeing with you, but actually provide them reasons that it would be better to agree with you, then you've done a little bit to make the country a better place. Meanwhile, take care of yourself. Learn interesting things.

Listen to good podcasts. Keep trying to get better ourselves at understanding the world, both in political ways and in scientific ways. It's an ongoing process. We're not going to declare victory and like, okay, now the world is good. We're going to try to keep on, in little tiny ways, making it better.

Listen to good podcasts. Keep trying to get better ourselves at understanding the world, both in political ways and in scientific ways. It's an ongoing process. We're not going to declare victory and like, okay, now the world is good. We're going to try to keep on, in little tiny ways, making it better.

Sid Huff says, Jan 11, a former Mindscape guest in a recent episode of Robinson's podcast, stated that astrophysicists don't really care what goes on inside a black hole. The event horizon is the black hole. We simply don't care what's going on inside. Why would she say this? Why wouldn't she and other astrophysicists want to know?

Sid Huff says, Jan 11, a former Mindscape guest in a recent episode of Robinson's podcast, stated that astrophysicists don't really care what goes on inside a black hole. The event horizon is the black hole. We simply don't care what's going on inside. Why would she say this? Why wouldn't she and other astrophysicists want to know?

Well, astrophysicists are human beings, and a human being might want to know what's going on the inside. What Jana means is that for the purposes of astrophysics, it doesn't matter what's going on inside the black hole. That has to do with the no-hair theorem we were just talking about earlier.

Well, astrophysicists are human beings, and a human being might want to know what's going on the inside. What Jana means is that for the purposes of astrophysics, it doesn't matter what's going on inside the black hole. That has to do with the no-hair theorem we were just talking about earlier.

Once you throw that stuff in the black hole, and once the black hole settles down, it is entirely defined by what's going on at its event horizon. Astrophysics is not affected by what's going on inside. That's all that she meant. Randall Bessinger says, do you have any views on the current brouhaha and the atheist skeptical movement on the trans issue?

Once you throw that stuff in the black hole, and once the black hole settles down, it is entirely defined by what's going on at its event horizon. Astrophysics is not affected by what's going on inside. That's all that she meant. Randall Bessinger says, do you have any views on the current brouhaha and the atheist skeptical movement on the trans issue?

I'm not quite sure what kind of views you want me to think about here. I mean, I'm definitely on one side of this issue in the sense that I think that trans people are people and should be treated as such. And

I'm not quite sure what kind of views you want me to think about here. I mean, I'm definitely on one side of this issue in the sense that I think that trans people are people and should be treated as such. And

It's absolutely true that a certain segment of the atheist skeptic movement has just wandered into really bad territory at being very actively anti-trans in a way that seems very illiberal and immoral, honestly, and bigoted to me. As to why that's the case, it's a trickier question. I think that there's a lot of psychology going on here.

It's absolutely true that a certain segment of the atheist skeptic movement has just wandered into really bad territory at being very actively anti-trans in a way that seems very illiberal and immoral, honestly, and bigoted to me. As to why that's the case, it's a trickier question. I think that there's a lot of psychology going on here.

And so I'll just – again, I'm not a professional psychologist, not a professional sociologist for that matter, but I will point to one thing that seems to strike me about these things. Well, to two things. One very quick thing is – as soon as something is called a movement, it's in trouble.

And so I'll just – again, I'm not a professional psychologist, not a professional sociologist for that matter, but I will point to one thing that seems to strike me about these things. Well, to two things. One very quick thing is – as soon as something is called a movement, it's in trouble.

You know, whether it's the atheist movement, the skeptical movement, the effective altruism movement, or whatever, when you have an idea, like atheism, God does not exist, that's an idea. When it becomes a movement, all sorts of bad things can happen, right? You know, now, okay, there's people, you're in the movement or you're out the movement, there's good ways of behaving, there's

You know, whether it's the atheist movement, the skeptical movement, the effective altruism movement, or whatever, when you have an idea, like atheism, God does not exist, that's an idea. When it becomes a movement, all sorts of bad things can happen, right? You know, now, okay, there's people, you're in the movement or you're out the movement, there's good ways of behaving, there's