"Surveys find that roughly 80% of Gen Z believe in astrology and many allow it to influence major life decisions. >> But what would be sad is if that number got to 100%. Then the civilization just goes..."

"of you ask what does it all mean? How does it all come together? >> What will it mean in to me in 5 years 10 years? >> Uh I don't know if you're old enough to think about your mortality. Uh but that's..."

"my deep concerns about the world is many philosophies or religions that say we are one. They find some other philosophy that differs and then they go to war. >> Yeah. >> I don't mean to laugh at that,..."

">> Yeah. But we were raised basically in a secular household even though we would go to church every weekend. What I mean by that is we come home at no time do either of my parents say, "Don't do that..."

"how did that change you reading all those books outside of you being able to relate um with those well being able to talk to them in a different way? And the second question cuz I've watched Cosmos. I..."

"weird way we're becoming more independent and there's a somewhat of a cost to that and actually my friends that are struggling the most in their lives are those that have the least dependence on a vil..."

"any way? >> It did a little bit. Not as much as I thought it might have. Uh my father was 89 when he died. That was 5 years ago. My mother was 2 days shy of her 95th birthday. So that's what So I'm pu..."

">> Oh yes it's No, you got to you know >> step outside every now and then and you know smell the roses. >> But you said you wouldn't be surprised if people found out the universe is simulated by some ..."

">> And you know the fun the fun answer to that uh ask me say uh do you have free will? Ask me that. >> Do you have do do we have free will? Do you have free will? >> What choice do I have? >> No. If y..."

"of course but the escape velocity for earth for example is seven miles per second. So escape velocity in astrophysics is the speed that you launch something so that it never comes back no matter how h..."

"a potent argument. It's I can say now with another 20 years life expectancy, 15 20 years that I don't fear death. But if I'm on my deathbed and someone says, "If I can wave my hand and you could live ..."

"it started writing your term paper and composing your your painting and your set design. All right, that the whole other category of people got spooked by that. Meanwhile, AI has been harnessed and be..."

">> Yeah, it's just zero. >> I thought SpaceX going to go to Mars. >> I have an unorthodox view on this. So, you don't have to you don't have to believe me, you know. But my read of history tells me th..."

">> Okay. >> Okay. 30t away. Okay. >> That's the moon. >> Let's keep going. How far away from Earth did the Bezos Branson uh rockets go? >> Oh, not far. >> The thickness of two dimes above the surface ..."

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"times, but I still don't know the answer. What is a black hole? And how do we even know if they're real if no one's ever been to one? >> Well, you can know things without visiting them. I mean, that's..."

"gravitational pull inwards is so strong. >> Correct. That's above a certain threshold. Within there there's the stars that the explosion is greater than what the gravity can contain and it makes a sup..."

"the sun's energy. the sun blotted out. But Earth has energy inside of itself as well. This is what gives us volcanoes and continental drift and all the rest of this. So if you don't have a sun, you wa..."

">> No. So, here it is. You ready? >> Yeah. >> There are more molecules of air in a single breath of air than there are breaths of air in Earth's entire atmosphere. So if you breathe in and then breath..."

"you're you're a ship at sea. >> Mhm. >> And you have a horizon. Are you saying that's the extent of the ocean? No, because if you sail towards the horizon, more horizon shows up and you keep that up u..."

"Navy. >> Did they show you the alien? >> No, but you see the videos of the things bouncing around in the sky. >> Oh, fuzzy videos. >> Fuzzy videos. >> So those are UFOs. They're not aliens. >> UFOs. Y..."

"Earth are the most common ingredients in the universe and life began on Earth almost as quickly as it possibly could have. When Earth finally cooled down after it being formed, it was about 200 millio..."

"without it, they don't have a movie. So you got to give it I can write him a hall pass which I feel that I have the power to do. >> What was the error? Everyone's going to be wondering what the error ..."

"diet. And the reason I do that is plentifold. One of them is I spend hours and hours talking to people for a living. So I want to make sure my brain is firing in an optimal way. And the other reason t..."

"want to say that that's not how I view the world. The world is not there's the one question I need answered. the world is what do I need to learn so that I'm standing in a place I can yet imagine aski..."

">> I think meaning is a very personal thing to people. So why should you jump in the middle of their attempt to establish meaning in their life? We're all very different people. And so meaning ought t..."

">> 72% of those Gen Z and millennials allowed astrology to influence major life decisions like romance, health, work, >> and education. And many Gen Z's now are checking their horoscopes weekly. >> Ye..."

"their version of God. But then there are other people who really happy in their version of God. And here's the problem. Deeply religious people typically find other religions deeply religious people w..."

">> I have no such advice, and I'll tell you why. If you're alert and you're smart, alert meaning you notice things and you're you're smart and you you learn living life itself is the lesson. So if so ..."

"Well, you know, it's a free country and we vote in our leaders and right now there's a whole set of people in charge that are doing different things from what had happened in previous uh years, previo..."

"interest in in school suddenly interesting to us as adults which is a remarkable thing. >> So thank you for doing what you do. We do have a closing tradition where the last guest leaves a question for..."