Cosmic Queries – Living in a Simulation with Nick Bostrom

Hey Star Talkins, Neil here. You're about to listen to an episode specially drawn from our archives to serve your cosmic curiosities. The archives run deep. If you enjoy this, take a peek at the full catalog on your favorite podcast platform. There's a lot there to tickle your geek underbelly.

Check it out. Welcome to Star Talk, your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide. Star Talk begins right now. This is Star Talk, Cosmic Queries Edition. Neil deGrasse Tyson here, your personal astrophysicist, and I got Chuck Nice with me, of course.

Chuck, my faithful co-host. Uh, you know, you you're you're we need you for the Cosmo queries so that you can mispronounce everyone's name. Well, that's my uh purpose in life, Neil. I uh I live to butcher names. No?

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