Dodgy Software And Newtonian Sogginess

You could rewind the podcast, listen in reverse, and Stuart (co-host) would still sound like he's decoding alien transmissions. People keep saying we should be 'industry voices'—but the world has plenty of self-appointed sages peddling their predictable patter. We’d rather stay unpredictable than be another echo in the expert chamber.

Vinroy, from Linstead, Jamaica sets the first listener question today  - “Would a multiverse be compatible with our current understanding of reality?”

William (your other co-host) ponders, what even is reality? Stuart shrugs and suggests reality’s just a dodgy software update away from collapsing. Cue William, citing His Dark Materials, where every time you pick tea over coffee, another universe spins off with deeply confused baristas. Stuart steers things into, if it feels good, it’s probably carbon neutral territory, while William counters, change hurts. Stuart argues life shouldn't feel like an eco bootcamp. William admits his internal habits committee is... inefficient. The multiverse? Tempting. But for now, this one’s tricky enough.

Scott, Arisaig, Scotland - “Can we ever claim to have absolute knowledge about anything? The human brain can’t conceive  the notion of nothingness. Before the big bang, there was nothing. What did that look like? Can a human brain ever conceive of that.”

William isn’t buying Scott’s nothing before the Big Bang theory—he reckons there was probably something, even if it was just cosmic awkward silence. Stuart thinks time is just our brains trying to make calendars feel important. William drops in 14 billion years like it’s a fun fact; Stuart counters with do we really know why water’s wet? Before spiraling into Newtonian conspiracy. William argues for concrete truths—like sogginess—and Stuart, mid-meditation, wonders if truth is just our neurons doing improv. William challenges listeners to imagine nothing. Stuart wants the Dalai Lama’s take. William just wants anyone’s.

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