Best Germ Theory Podcasts (2025)

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Viruses Don't Exist? AI Censorship, Germ Theory, Terrain Theory, Trust, Solutions 37:53

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Why do some people believe viruses aren't real? In this solo episode, Daniel Stih explores the roots of one of today's most misunderstood ideas — the belief that viruses "don't exist." It's not Misinformation, rather a mix of scientific confusion, loss of trust, and the human search for simple answers in a complicated world. What viruses actually a…

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Remember Who You Are: Archons, Fear, and the Path to Freedom — with Steve Noack 1:10:35

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Energy practitioner and near-death experiencer (NDE) Steve Noack joins host Daniel Stih for a grounded exploration of an idea from ancient philosophy: the Archons. This conversation reframes the Archons as a metaphor for the forces—internal and external—that cloud our judgment, drain our energy, and keep us from remembering who we really are. Why d…

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Designing Your Life: How to Use Design Principles to Get What You Want in Work and Life | Bill Burnett, Revisited 1:01:14

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From kitchen tables to self-driving cars, everything around us was designed to solve a problem. Bill Burnett, award-winning Silicon Valley designer, believes we can use the same approach to design careers that bring fulfillment and joy. By using curiosity, reframing, collaboration, and other tools, Bill shows how to enjoy the present while shaping …

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336 | Anil Ananthaswamy on the Mathematics of Neural Nets and AI 1:14:11

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Machine learning using neural networks has led to a remarkable leap forward in artificial intelligence, and the technological and social ramifications have been discussed at great length. To understand the origin and nature of this progress, it is useful to dig at least a little bit into the mathematical and algorithmic structures underlying these …

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Adamski: Saucers, Aliens and Beyond... 1:39:37

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In this long overdue episode, I explore the life of George Adamski; an alleged alien contactee who shot to fame during the 1950s. As always...thank you for listening!By Phil Albertelli

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC Makeover & the Collapse of Public Trust 30:27

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A solo episode by Daniel Stih Public trust in science is collapsing, and the consequences are bigger than politics and pandemics. In this solo deep-dive, Daniel Stih breaks down how America reached a point where millions of people believe "viruses don't exist," why RFK Jr.'s CDC shake-up is happening, and what caused public confidence to fall apart…

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When the “Healthiest Diet” Makes You Sick: Mucus, Natural Hygiene, and Species-Appropriate Eating with Mariah Manazza 1:39:18

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What if the diet you believe is healing your body is actually holding it hostage? In this episode, we sit down with Mariah Manazza — once a full-on homesteader living the traditional diet dream — as she reveals how raw milk, pasture-raised meats, and ancestral traditions weren’t enough. In fact, they nearly broke her. Migraines, depression, numbnes…

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Work-as-a-Product: How Dropbox Redesigned Work for the Virtual Era | Melanie Rosenwasser 1:05:17

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Dropbox didn’t just adapt to remote work. It redesigned work itself. After the pandemic, Melanie Rosenwasser and her team joined forces with Dropbox’s designers to study how people actually work and what they need to do their best thinking. Backed by data, they made the leap to their Virtual First operating model in which the vast majority of the w…

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Flying Carrots & Little Divers: The French UFO Wave of 1954 1:06:36

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In the autumn of 1954, France found itself gripped by a strange and unnerving spectacle. From quiet rural villages to bustling towns and cities, witnesses reported everything from flying discs, cigars and carrots, to little creatures in diving gear waddling beneath a glowing sphere. Newspapers buzzed with excitement as sightings unfolded night afte…

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AMA | November 2025 3:34:18

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Welcome to the November 2025 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number -- based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the que…

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Blockchain, Decentralization, AI, Web3 - Roberto Capodieci 1:15:45

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Dive deep into the meaning of decentralization, the evolution of blockchain, Web3, and how artificial intelligence is reshaping our digital world. Tech veteran Roberto Capodieci, a pioneer with over 40 years of experience in technology and innovation, shares insights from decades in the industry, separating hype from reality and exploring how emerg…

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The Health Care Gap: Why America Still Doesn't Have Equal Coverage 4:01

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A hard look at the American health care system and HealthCare.gov. When "updating your information" becomes a yearly ritual to keep coverage, question whether the U.S. system serves its people or the marketplace. We break down the inequality built into financial help, marketplace plans, and coverage gaps, to see how income, location, and bureaucrac…

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The Terrain Toxin We Celebrate: Alcohol, Addiction, and the Path Beyond with David Nutt 1:29:25

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Alcohol is the world’s most socially accepted toxin — a substance woven into our rituals, relationships, and celebrations, yet responsible for immeasurable physical, emotional, and societal harm. What happens when we finally confront that truth? In this episode, we sit down with Professor David Nutt, neuropsychopharmacologist, author, and founder o…

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Immersive Experience Design: How to Use Story to Design Work Experiences | Stacy Barton, Revisited 1:05:11

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Stacy Barton was assigned an exhaustive project at 9 pm and had to complete it by 6 am if she wanted to receive a paycheck. While most of us would have deflated under the pressure, Stacy saw an opportunity; it was time to get creative. By being inventive and working around the rules, she learned how to deliver a product that companies, employees, a…

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335 | Andrew Jaffe on Models, Probability, and the Universe 1:17:38

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Science has an incredibly impressive track record of uncovering nonintuitive ideas about the universe that turn out to be surprisingly accurate. It can be tempting to think of scientific discoveries as being carefully constructed atop a rock-solid foundation. In reality, scientific progress is tentative and fallible. Scientists propose models, assi…

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Yesterday Today - 09/11 31:29

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In this week's episode of Yesterday Today I had a bit of a dive into teh murder of Mary Jane Kelly and how it was presented in the London papers, along with a few other oddities, like Barnaby and Burgho the bloodhounds and the insistence of drunk people to pretend they were a heavily hunted serial killer... ------ For almost anything, head over to …

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Fixing Immigration: Legal Pathways, E-Verify, Solutions - Attorney Andy Semotiuk 1:24:20

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What if America could solve its immigration crisis without raids, fear, or endless political deadlock? In this episode, Daniel Stih sits down with Andy Semotiuk, a rare immigration attorney licensed in both the United States and Canada, to unpack real solutions for today's complex immigration challenges. How to fairly legalize undocumented immigran…

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Light, Water, and the Quantum Terrain: Circadian Health and Applied Quantum Biology with Nikko Kennedy 1:18:15

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What if your body isn’t just a collection of organs, but a living, self-organizing field of light, water, and energy? In this episode of the Terrain Theory Podcast, Ben and Mike sit down with Nikko Kennedy, Director of Research at the Institute of Applied Quantum Biology, to explore the frontier where circadian health meets quantum biology. Nikko e…

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AI: Why Smart Tools Make Us Dumber 15:09

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Artificial intelligence is making us smarter, and dumber, at the same time. In this solo episode, Daniel Stih explores why people who use AI may become less likely to believe misinformation, and lose their ability to spot misinformation and think for themselves. AI's short-term fix vs. long-term erosion of critical thinking. How "thinking assistant…

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The Master Servant Doctrine: How Feudal Law Still Shapes Modern Work | Elizabeth Tippett 1:02:03

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Modern work is haunted by an idea that began in feudal Europe. The Master Servant Doctrine gave employers the right to command and control workers while imposing a duty to provide for them. That ancient logic still shapes the modern workplace — from “at-will” employment and HR policies designed to protect companies, to benefits that bind people to …

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The Martins Croft Poltergeist: The Devil of Ylöjärvi 1:01:27

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In the frozen landscape of Finnish winter, 1885, the quiet croft of Efraim Martin in Ylöjärvi became the center of local attention thanks to a series of unexplainable events that saw almost the entire neighbourhood crowd into the small farmhouse. Rumours of the devils and demons wound through the township, as neighbors swore they saw an invisible f…

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The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama 1:37:50

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If you’ve ever wondered how humans went from chaotic tribes to building governments, empires, and messy modern democracies, this episode is for you. 🏛️ Join JD and Andrew as they break down Francis Fukuyama’s The Origins of Political Order, a sweeping journey through history that asks: Why do some societies build strong states while others crumble …

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334 | Daniel Whiteson on the Physics of and by Aliens 1:14:21

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The universe as revealed by physics is objective: it's out there, existing and behaving in ways that are completely independent of human thought. But the process by which we learn about the universe, and the language with which we talk about it, is extremely human-dependent. Does that mean that aliens would do science differently, and even think di…

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Elizabeth Vernon on Biologic Inserts, Human Hierarchy, and Kennedy as Controlled Opposition 1:54:01

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Elizabeth Vernon is a beekeeper-activist, herbalist, and founder of Queen Bees Farmacy, dedicated to bringing together the world of wild-crafted remedies, advocacy, and deep terrain insight. In this episode, we dive into the hidden dimensions of health and resistance — from how screen time is reshaping our bodies and nervous systems to the untested…

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Was the Moon Landing Faked? A Critical Look at Both Sides 11:22

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The 1969 Apollo moon landing is one of the most celebrated achievements in human history. Why do so many people still believe the moon landing was faked? In this episode, I explore both sides of the debate—not to mock or take side- to understand. • Why some footage looks suspicious • The political context of the Cold War and the space race • Why di…

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Designing Time: The Future of Experience Design | Dave Norton 1:04:28

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Most organizations think about the design of work in terms of products, services, or customer journeys. But Dave Norton has spent his career arguing that experience design goes much deeper. It is about shaping how people spend their time and, in some cases, their lives. In this episode, Dart talks to Dave about how experience design has evolved, wh…

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333 | Gordon Pennycook on Unthinkingness, Conspiracies, and What to Do About Them 1:10:20

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Why are people wrong all the time, anyway? Is it because we human beings are too good at being irrational, using our biases and motivated reasoning to convince ourselves of something that isn't quite accurate? Or is it something different -- unmotivated reasoning, or "unthinkingness," an unwillingness to do the cognitive work that most of us are ac…

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The New World Order 11:08

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The New World Order (NWO) is a shift in global power structure and governance. In this solo episode I explain what the NWO is, why people fear the "New World Order." Many believe it's about control and a covert plan by powerful elites to centralize global power, weaken national sovereignty, control economies and resources, and use crises such as wa…

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Dr. Anna Sitkoff on Terrain-Supporting Mushrooms, Foundational Fungi, and The Ergothioneine Effect 1:32:20

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Dr. Anna Sitkoff is a naturopathic physician and herbalist whose clinical and personal journey has been guided by a deep relationship with medicinal mushrooms. In this episode, she shares how her early exposure to natural medicine—and a life-changing experience with her father’s cancer treatment—sparked a decade-long exploration into the world of f…

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How This War Ends - Daniel's Solution to the Russia-Ukraine Conflict 3:39

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If you listened to my recent conversation with journalist Nikola Mikovic, you know we took a deep dive into Russia's foreign policy — what's really driving the war in Ukraine, and what might bring it to an end. That conversation got me thinking what a solution could look like: First — Russia - Withdraw from Ukraine and pivot from a war economy back…

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Russia's Endgame, The Truth About the War in Ukraine - Nikola Mikovic 55:24

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Why is the war in Ukraine still going, and what does Russia really want? I sit down with Nikola Mikovic, a freelance journalist based in Serbia who specializes in the foreign policies of Russia and Ukraine. From Moscow's motives and Europe's energy crisis to the quiet influence of China, this conversation reveals what mainstream headlines miss. Wha…

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What's Real? 9/11, Moon Landing, MKUltra, Truth vs Misinformation - John Abrons 1:36:24

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Was 9/11 an inside job? The moon landing faked? Does the government use mind control programs like MKUltra? In this episode, I'm joined by John Abrons to talk about famous and controversial conspiracy theories. Instead of debating them, we dig deeper into the psychology behind them: Why so many distrust official stories Why some "theories" are clos…

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Designing AI Tools That Think With You | Dmitri Glazkov 1:08:23

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The tools we use shape how we work, what we see, and how we think. Dmitri Glazkov, Strategy Lead at Google Labs, initiated Breadboard and helped launch Opal—tools that let people connect prompts into systems that think together like Tinkertoys for the mind. His passion is building technology that makes creativity easier and more human. In this epis…

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The Paris Bluebeard: The Life & Lies of Marcel Petiot 1:30:16

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In the shadows of war-torn Paris, a charming young doctor lived a double life. Physician by day, and resistance fighter by night, his underground network promised salvation to those desperate to escape the Nazi grip. But in a time where trust was at a premium, the truth was not necessarily as it seemed. When Dr. Marcel Petiot’s home at 21 Rue Le Su…

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332 | Dmitri Tymoczko on the Mathematics Behind Music 1:21:11

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Music is math that you can dance to. The fact that certain notes sound good when played together, or in succession, is related to the mathematical properties of the frequencies to which they correspond, an idea that goes back as far as Pythagoras himself. These days we have a much more intricate understanding of these relationships and how to manip…

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Why Now? The Hidden Timelines Behind War and Peace Deals 5:42

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We're told wars "broke out" a few years ago. What if that's a lie? In this episode, I dig into a pattern I keep seeing in global conflicts like the Israel-Palestine war, the Gaza Strip crisis, and the Russia–Ukraine war. The official story says these wars started recently The truth is many of them have been going on for decades. Why does the media …

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The Middle East, Questions We're Not Supposed to Ask : What Helen Thomas Tried to Warn Us About 6:48

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Helen Thomas was one of the most respected White House journalists in history—until she asked the "wrong" questions about U.S. policy in the Middle East. In this solo episode, I look at what she tried to expose, why she was silenced, and how it ties into 9/11, Israel, and today's conflicts in Gaza and beyond. This about patterns, media control, pol…

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Dr. Shivani Gupta on Ayurveda, Mind-Body Types, and Personalized Health 1:25:11

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Dr. Shivani Gupta is an Ayurvedic practitioner, author, and founder of Fusionary Formulas. In this episode, she helps us rediscover Ayurveda as the original terrain-based health system — one that recognizes the body’s innate intelligence and its connection to mind, spirit, and environment (Nature). We discuss how to identify your mind-body type (do…

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Censored: Disinformation, Algorithms, Thought Crimes, The War on Truth - Hrvoje Morić 59:33

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My guest is Hrvoje Moric, host of The Geopolitics & Empire Podcast. Known for tackling controversial topics from geopolitics to health and war, Hrvoje has faced account shutdowns and platform restrictions from YouTube, Patreon, and PayPal. In this episode we talk about: The Disinformation Governance Board - what it is and what it means for free spe…

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Vitsœ: Building a Company That Lasts by Breaking the Rules | Mark Adams 1:12:54

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Most companies chase growth by selling more things to more people, faster. Mark Adams has spent nearly 40 years proving there is another way. As Director of Vitsœ, he runs the company with one mission: to help people live better with less that lasts longer. In this episode, Dart talks to Mark about why Vitsœ resists conventional business rules, how…

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AMA | October 2025 3:37:18

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Welcome to the October 2025 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number -- based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the ques…

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Scott Berman on darkness as healer, shedding masks, and the anatomy of a dark retreat 1:31:40

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Can the darkness heal you? Are you willing to find out? Scott Berman is the founder of Sky Cave Retreats, a dark retreat sanctuary in Southern Oregon that puts guests in complete and total darkness for a set period of time. In this safe space, with somatic support and all needs met, a guest may relax into the rhythms of the dark, soften, and simply…

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AI as Dramaturg: What It Means to Create Art with a Machine | Matthew Gasda and Isobel McCrum 1:02:55

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By Dart Lindsley / Matthew Gasda and Isobel McCrum

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ChatGPT Accuracy Guidelines - Climate Change, Global Warming, Chemtrails 29:09

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How AI systems such as ChatGPT decide what's "accurate" or misinformation and what Chat might add to your content based on these behind the scenes algorithms. I share my experience editing a blog post on climate change and chemtrails. ChatGPT applied internal "accuracy guidelines" and the changes. Hear how accuracy guidelines work, what that means …

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Guns Germs & Steel - Episode 14 34:11

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331 | Solo: Fine-Tuning, God, and the Multiverse 1:54:45

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Certain features of our universe seem unnatural to us. These include "constants of nature" such as the cosmological constant and the mass of the Higgs boson, as well as features of the initial conditions like the curvature of space and the initial entropy. But they can't truly be "unnatural" -- they are literally features of Nature itself. Some hav…