AMA | December 2023

<p>Welcome to the December 2023 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.patreon.com/seanmcarroll" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon supporters</a>&nbsp;(who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number -- based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good -- and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!</p><p>Blog post with questions and transcript: <a href="https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023/12/04/ama-december-2023/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023/12/04/ama-december-2023/</a></p><p>Link to the article referenced about time travel in movies:&nbsp;<a href="https://arstechnica.com/features/2023/11/the-ars-guide-to-time-travel-in-the-movies/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ars Technica</a>.</p><p>There will be no AMA in January due to holiday break.</p><p><a href="https://bold.org/scholarships/mindscape/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mindscape Big Picture Scholarship</a>.</p><p>S<em>upport Mindscape on&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.patreon.com/seanmcarroll" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Patreon</em></a><em>.</em></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>