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Military Funding and Mating Penguins
1:43:23 - 1:52:02 (08:39)
The question of military funding versus non-military funding can be complicated, but allocating funding for seemingly useless things like the mating patterns of penguins can potentially lead to groundbreaking discoveries. The mechanistic understanding of the night sky led to transformative advancements in human history.
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Discussed in this episode is how an opaque atmosphere can generate intense heat on a planet, also the philosophical question of whether human society would still exist if we could not see the stars.
1:43:23 - 1:45:23 (01:59)
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Discussed in this episode is how an opaque atmosphere can generate intense heat on a planet, also the philosophical question of whether human society would still exist if we could not see the stars.
ChapterMilitary Funding and Mating Penguins
Episode#201 – Konstantin Batygin: Planet 9 and the Edge of Our Solar System
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Astronomy revolutionized our understanding of the natural world by replacing religious interpretations with mechanistic laws, leading to the development of science and technology in the last 400 years.
1:45:23 - 1:48:04 (02:41)
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Astronomy revolutionized our understanding of the natural world by replacing religious interpretations with mechanistic laws, leading to the development of science and technology in the last 400 years. Astronomy has also played a crucial role in the history of science, contributing to almost every major scientific development until the 20th century.
ChapterMilitary Funding and Mating Penguins
Episode#201 – Konstantin Batygin: Planet 9 and the Edge of Our Solar System
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
In this podcast episode, the hosts discuss the idea of investing in seemingly useless things and how they can potentially create more capital than useful things.
1:48:04 - 1:50:30 (02:26)
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In this podcast episode, the hosts discuss the idea of investing in seemingly useless things and how they can potentially create more capital than useful things. They also explore the option of taxing these endeavors.
ChapterMilitary Funding and Mating Penguins
Episode#201 – Konstantin Batygin: Planet 9 and the Edge of Our Solar System
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
In this podcast, the speaker emphasizes the significance of openness in the field of science, and how it accelerates its development.
1:50:30 - 1:52:02 (01:31)
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In this podcast, the speaker emphasizes the significance of openness in the field of science, and how it accelerates its development. The speaker also talks about the complicated balance between military and non-military funding, and how as a society, we need to change our perspective of paying for something in order to get something in return.