StarTalk Radio · 2025-10-07 · 47 min · 7,237 words

Things You Thought You Knew – Quantum Cat

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Coming up on Star Talk, it's another Things You Thought You Knew episode. This time, we bring to you a few fan favorites: Death by Black Hole, Schrdinger's Cat, and Quantum Tunneling. Don't want to miss it. Welcome to Star Talk. Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.

Star Talk begins right now. I want to describe what it's like to die as you fall into a black hole. Now are we recounting a personal experience here, so perhaps that could be the reason for the delay in discussing this. Are you sure you're ready for this after this after this harrowing? One of the highest compliments I ever got was

Um, I was giving a tour of the newly built Hayden Planetarium, newly renovated, to Seinfeld, okay, who who lived across the street. So he was a native. What's the deal? What delights? Right, right.

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