![]() ![]() The author also occasionally gets VERY EXCITED (yes, all in caps) – it’s quite infectious. Mack’s book is informative, occasionally wry, often entertaining and sometimes headache-inducing (in the best way). Granted, it won’t help you set aside your more immediate concerns about things you can actually do something about, but sometimes it can be useful to take a step back and remember that, across the vast swathe of space and time, you are an entirely insignificant blip. Yes, it is.ĭr Katie Mack is a prominent voice on science Twitter and a theoretical cosmologist, whose book describes the various scenarios for the end of…well, Everything. But against this backdrop, while some of us feel continuously gaslit by the virus deniers, is it really the best time to read a book titled The End of Everything? Well, yes. Fortunately, this is a small population, although one that happens to have a loud voice. ![]() ![]() Irrationality is apparently on the rise, with anti-maskers claiming that the mesh size of homemade masks allows the free passage of virus particles while simultaneously preventing us from expelling carbon dioxide or inhaling sufficient oxygen. It’s a strange old world at the moment, isn’t it? With a global pandemic hanging over our heads, people are acting strangely. ![]()
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