Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedLisa Randall: belief
3 Dec 2023 Lex Fridman Podcast #403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events
“The scary thing is that they look really cool. It’s true that you have that, yes, this is scary, but you also have, this is cool feeling and I think we have to get around that because I think that yes, you can be in that, but I’m not sure that’s going to make people scared.”
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- Lisa Randall
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- belief
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- 3 Dec 2023
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
Transcript context
…I actually heard that there’s a nuclear weapon explosion experience in virtual reality that’s good to remind you about what it would feel like. I have to say, I got an award from the Museum of Nuclear History and Technology in the Southwest, and I went to visit the museum, which turned out to be mostly a museum of nuclear weapons. The scary thing is that they look really cool. It’s true that you have that, yes, this is scary, but you also have, this is cool feeling and I think we have to get around that because I think that yes, you can be in that, but I’m not sure that’s going to make people scared. Have they actually asked afterwards, are you more or less scared? That’s a really good point. That’s a good summary of just humanity in general. We’re attracted to creating cool stuff, even though it can be dangerous.…
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