Steven Pinker, the Unabomber, Quantum Physics, and DMT (Nikita Petrov & John Horgan)
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Nikita Petrov and John Horgan talk about the nature of time, the simulation hypothesis, whether humanity has made a lot of progress since its hunter-gatherer days, John’s frustration with quantum physics, war, suffering, politics, and Nikita’s latest DMT trip.
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