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David Perlmutter's avatar

Love that opening line.

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hexheadtn's avatar

I came from a region in space where no one speaks.

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Andrew Sniderman 🕷️'s avatar

I'm still all over the place and this makes me feel better.

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Andrew Smith's avatar

My Snidey-sense tells me you're doing all right.

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Andrew Sniderman 🕷️'s avatar

Just wait for … the Amazing Spider-Van!!

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Andrew Smith's avatar

There was a lot of chaos being created during the early universe. Has your van also created its fair share inside over the years?

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Andrew Sniderman 🕷️'s avatar

Goals! Pick it up next week

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Henny Hiemenz's avatar

Andrew, I’d be interested to hear what you think of the Hubble-Webb expansion rate discrepancy.

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Andrew Smith's avatar

Henny, I think that, no matter what, we're going to have to seriously modify the way we think about the universe. I think I could explain what the discrepancy is and why it's interesting, but going beyond that is really tough, and probably speculative at my end. What an interesting surprise, right?

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Henny Hiemenz's avatar

Definitely!

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Daniel Nest's avatar

"What about you? How did you get started?"

Well, let's see... how much do you know about turtles?

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Andrew Smith's avatar

Charlie Munger is one of my favorite ultra-rich curmudgeons. Does that count?

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Daniel Nest's avatar

Computer says: Maybe?

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Andrew Smith's avatar

Computers say the craziest things these days!

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Daniel Nest's avatar

Some would say “the darndest” things!

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Andrew Smith's avatar

Just yesterday, mine reminded me to go outside and look at my frozen HVAC.

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