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Tim Urban
A popular long-form, stick-figure-illustrated blog about almost everything.
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The Fermi Paradox
The Fermi Paradox: There should be 100,000 intelligent alien civilizations in our galaxy — so why haven't we found any of them?
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Everything You Should Know About Sound (2016)
We all know what sound is. Except actually, no we don't. Let's fix that.
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Neuralink and the Brain's Magical Future
I knew the future would be shocking but this is a whole other level.
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Why Cryonics Makes Sense (2016)
The more I read about cryonics—i.e. freezing yourself after death—the more I realized it's something we should all be talking about.
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From 1,000,000 to Graham's Number
Graham's number is so big, we need a whole new set of tools to even discuss it.