The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

10/30/2018

It's Halloween and that means it's time for a spooky one. This week, for the last episode of our Kickstarter season, we've got a real-life story of ghosts, possession and a weird nexus where superstition meets science. Plus, there's chance for you to force Mark into getting that tattoo from way back in season 1. All it takes is to donate to our Kickstarter fundraiser right here.

Music by:
animeistrash
Blue Dot Sessions
Lee Rosevere

3 Comments

Ginny

1/8/2019 09:10:22 am

Thought provoking episode--I'm not trying to advocate for the existence of ghosts (I've never seen one), but considering your logic, I do have a question: what, specifically, is consciousness?

Mark

1/8/2019 09:55:26 am

Funny you should ask. The question is above virtually anybody's pay-grade, but I do have some (very long term) plans in the works to talk about this very thing.

But, regarding consciousness and entropy... it's a doozy of a paradox, and among those scientists who don't believe that there IS such a thing as consciousness, entropy is one of the reasons why. It's also possible that consciousness is a byproduct of entropy (as this study suggests: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.00821 ) or that consciousness isn't a static state at all.

But before we go off the deep end, it's important to remember that life manages to exist in spite of entropy, because living organisms are not closed systems, and therefore aren't subject, in the short term, to the second law. Put another way, ghosts become less impossible if you give them a food source.

OR! I have no idea what I'm talking about. Which is quite probable!

Ginny

1/8/2019 10:00:32 am

And now I'll spending the rest of my day considering what ghosts would eat...

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